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Peacock Alley (1922 film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Cast
  
Mae Murray, Monte Blue

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Robert Z. Leonard

Cinematography
  
Oliver T. Marsh

Duration
  


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
January 23, 1922

Writer
  
Ouida Bergere (story), Edmund Goulding, Fanny Hatton (titles), Frederic Hatton (titles), Robert Z. Leonard

Genres
  
Silent film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
Mae Murray appears in Peacock Alley and The Masked Bride

Peacock Alley is a 1922 American silent drama film starring Monte Blue and Mae Murray. The film was directed by Murray's husband at the time, Robert Z. Leonard. An incomplete print survives at the Library of Congress.

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Plot

Elmer Harmon (Monte Blue) travels from the United States to Paris on business, meets Cleo of Paris (Mae Murray), and marries her. On their return to the United States, Elmer's friends do not approve of Cleo, and therefore the couple moves to the city.

Eventually, Elmer comes to believe that Cleo is having an affair, but the film concludes with the revelation that she was just getting financial help from an old friend.

Cast

  • Mae Murray as Cleo of Paris
  • Monte Blue as Elmer Harmon
  • Edmund Lowe as Phil Garrison
  • William J. Ferguson as Alex Smith (credited as W.J. Ferguson)
  • Anders Randolf as Hugo Fenton (credited as Anders Randolph)
  • William H. Tooker as Joseph Carleton (credited as William Tooker)
  • Howard Lang as Abner Harmon
  • William Frederic as Mayor of Harmontown
  • M. Durant as Monsieur Dubois
  • Jeffreys Lewis as Toto
  • Napoleon the Dog as Napoleon

    • Reception

    The film was one of Murray's most successful films, and one of the biggest hits of 1922. The film was so successful it was the only silent film of Murray's that she remade as a "talkie" under the same title, though major changes were made to the plot.

    References

    Peacock Alley (1922 film) Wikipedia
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    Peacock Alley (1922 film) IMDb