Mademoiselle Midnight
Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to Mexico. Renee is kept locked at the hacienda at night by her father to prevent her following in her grandmother's wayward footsteps. She falls in love with a visiting American (Monte Blue) but is also pursued by the craven outlaw Manuel Corrales. Miss Murray gets to do some of her trademark dancing, but this one isn't a comedy, despite comic relief provided by Johnny Arthur.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1924 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Runtime | 67 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.4/10 (5 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a tense drama from the contrast between daytime confinement and nocturnal yearning, relying on a fateful family curse. Using the Mexican setting as a metaphor for an internal cage, it explores themes of inherited passion and the struggle for self-determination.
What lingers after the final reel is a sense of smoldering desire clashing with rigid convention, where even the comic relief cannot fully lift the veil of impending tragedy. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
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In subdued lighting, surrendering to the visual poetry of silent cinema and its drama of restrained passions.
🎭 Cast
Mae Murray
Renée de Gontran / Renée de Quiros
John St. Polis
Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
Paul Weigel
Napoleon III (Prologue)
Earl Schenck
Emperor Maximilian - Prologue
Clarissa Selwynne
Empress Eugénie - Prologue
J. Farrell MacDonald
Duc de Moing (Prologue)
Monte Blue
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Robert McKim
João / Manuel Corrales
Robert Edeson
Don Pedro de Quiros
Nick De Ruiz
Don José de Quiros
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