Peacock Alley (1922 film)

Peacock Alley

Poster
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Produced by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by Edmund Goulding
Robert Z. Leonard
Fanny Hatton (titles)
Frederic Hatton (titles)
Story by Ouida Bergère
Starring Mae Murray
Monte Blue
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Production
company
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release dates
  • January 23, 1922 (1922-01-23)
Running time
 80 min.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

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.[1] An incomplete print survives at the Library of Congress.[2]

Lobby card

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.

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.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Ankerich, Michael G. (2012). Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips. University Press of Kentucky. p. 329. ISBN 0-813-14038-2.
  2. ↑ Unsung Divas website by Greta deGroat: Mae Murray
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