03235cam a2200373 4500 528289336 TxAuBib 20211107120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780813140384 0813140382 B00A3T8XL6 Amazon 26a00ea2-f969-431f-b57f-cd3af71403b3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1152670 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ankerich, Michael G. Mae Murray [Libby] : The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips. The University Press of Kentucky, 2013. Performing Arts. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5264kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Open EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5259kB. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>This story of a silent-film star's rise and fall offers "a lesson about those heady days of early Hollywood and the transience of fame" (<i>Library Journal</i>).</b><br /> <br /> Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, Mae Murray rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, <i>To Have and to Hold</i>, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown.<br /> <br /> But Murray's moment in the spotlight was fleeting. The introduction of talkies, a string of failed marriages, a serious career blunder, and a number of bitter legal battles left the former star in a state of poverty and mental instability that she would never overcome.<br /> <br /> In this intriguing biography, Michael G. Ankerich traces Murray's career from the footlights of Broadway to the klieg lights of Hollywood, recounting her impressive body of work on the stage and screen and charting her rapid ascent to fame and decline into obscurity. Featuring exclusive interviews with Murray's only son, Daniel, and with actor George Hamilton, whom the actress closely befriended at the end of her life, Ankerich restores this important figure in early film to the limelight.<br /> <br /> "If Billy Wilder hasn't made the definitive movie about the delusions of stardom in <i>Sunset Boulevard</i>, Murray's story, a blend of absurdity and pathos, would make a terrific one." —<i>The</i><i>Washington Post</i><br /> <br /> <i>Includes photos</i></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Brownlow, Kevin. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=26A00EA2-F969-431F-B57F-CD3AF71403B3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=26A00EA2-F969-431F-B57F-CD3AF71403B3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=26A00EA2-F969-431F-B57F-CD3AF71403B3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=26A00EA2-F969-431F-B57F-CD3AF71403B3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook)