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Mae Murray
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Original caption: "Mae Murray, who just recently completed 'Circe,' as she looked when she appeared on the stage. Miss Murray started her career as a dancer in the Follies." Murray joined the chorus line of the Ziegfield Follies in 1908. Circe, the Enchantress was an MGM production of 1924.
1908
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Still from Circe the Enchantress
Circe (Mae Murray), Ballard Barrett (Charles Gerrard), and William Craig (William Haines) stand/sit underneath a water feature in a still from the 1924 film Circe the Enchantress.
Mae Murray in Circe the Enchantress
Circe (Mae Murray) sits on the back of a chair at fancy party. She looks sideways at William Craig (William Haines) who stands next to her while Ballard Barrett (Charles Gerrard) holds a glass of ...
Still from Circe the Enchantress
Circe (Mae Murray) stands with her eyes closed and holds a large punch bowl. A group of men dressed in tuxedos stand around her - William Craig (William Haines) helps her hold the bowl while Balla...
Karl Dane and chorus girls publicity still
February 5, 1927
Karl Dane, wearing the U.S. Army sergeant's costume for the 1927 film "Rookies," shows how he towers over four chorus girls in an MGM publicity still.
Rudolph Valentino, Pola Negri, Mae Murray, and Prince David Mdivani
1926
Full-length portrait of two couples, Rudolph Valentino with Pola Negri, and Mae Murray with Prince David Mdivani, apparently taken the day of Murray and Mdivani's wedding. Valentino was Mdivani's b...
Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait
1908
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left, nearly in profile, and wears a white blo...
