Mademoiselle Midnight
1924Renée (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.
Acted in
Mae Murray
as Renée de Gontran / 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 / Jerry Brent
Robert McKim
as João / Manuel Corrales
Robert Edeson
as Don Pedro de Quiros
Nick De Ruiz
as Don José de Quiros
Nigel De Brulier
as Dr. Sanchez
Johnny Arthur
as Carlos de Quiros
Otis Harlan
as Padre Francisco
Evelyn Selbie
as Chiquita
Mathilde Comont
as Dueña / Mme. Nellie
Don Alvarado
as Undetermined Role