Mae Murray

This story of a silent-film star’s rise and fall offers “a lesson about those heady days of early Hollywood and the transience of fame” ( Library Journal ). Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, Mae Murray rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, To Have and to Hold , in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown. But Murray’s moment in the spotlight wa