Mademoiselle Midnight

Apr 14, 1924

1h 7m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tiffany Productions

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Cast

Renée de Gontran / Renée de Quiros

Mae Murray

Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)

John St. Polis

Napoleon III (Prologue)

Paul Weigel

Emperor Maximilian - Prologue

Earl Schenck

Empress Eugénie - Prologue

Clarissa Selwynne

Duc de Moing (Prologue)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Owen Burke / Jerry Brent

Monte Blue

João / Manuel Corrales

Robert McKim

Don Pedro de Quiros

Robert Edeson

Don José de Quiros

Nick De Ruiz

Dr. Sanchez

Nigel De Brulier

Carlos de Quiros

Johnny Arthur

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