Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
67 min
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.
- Release date
- April 14, 1924
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mae Murray as Renée de Gontran
- Mae Murray as Renée de Quiros
- John St. Polis as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
- Paul Weigel as Napoleon III (Prologue)
- Earl Schenck as Emperor Maximilian (Prologue)
- Clarissa Selwynne as Empress Eugénie (Prologue)
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Duc de Moing (Prologue)
- Monte Blue as Owen Burke
- Monte Blue as Jerry Brent
- Robert McKim as João
- Robert McKim as Manuel Corrales
- Robert Edeson as Don Pedro de Quiros
- Nick De Ruiz as Don José de Quiros
Crew
- Robert Z. Leonard · Director
- Carl Harbaugh · Writer
- John Russell · Writer
- Robert Z. Leonard · Producer
- Oliver T. Marsh · Cinematographer