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Circe the Enchantress

  • 1924
  • Passed
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Circe the Enchantress (1924)
Drama

Cecilie Brunner was once a good and lovely woman. After the death of her mother, she becomes a cynical vamp. She falls in love with surgeon Peter Van Martyn.Cecilie Brunner was once a good and lovely woman. After the death of her mother, she becomes a cynical vamp. She falls in love with surgeon Peter Van Martyn.Cecilie Brunner was once a good and lovely woman. After the death of her mother, she becomes a cynical vamp. She falls in love with surgeon Peter Van Martyn.

  • Director
    • Robert Z. Leonard
  • Writers
    • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
    • Douglas Z. Doty
    • Frederic Hatton
  • Stars
    • Mae Murray
    • James Kirkwood
    • Tom Ricketts
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
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    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
      • Douglas Z. Doty
      • Frederic Hatton
    • Stars
      • Mae Murray
      • James Kirkwood
      • Tom Ricketts
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Mae Murray
    Mae Murray
    • Circe…
    James Kirkwood
    James Kirkwood
    • Dr. Wesley Van Martyn
    Tom Ricketts
    Tom Ricketts
    • Archibald Crumm
    Charles K. Gerrard
    Charles K. Gerrard
    • Ballard 'Bal' Barrett
    William Haines
    William Haines
    • William Craig
    Lillian Langdon
    • Sister Agatha
    Gene Cameron
    • 'Madame' Ducelle (modiste)
    Frank Coffyn
    • Circe Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Sayre Dearing
    Sayre Dearing
    • Circe Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Malcolm Denny
    Malcolm Denny
    • Circe Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Christina Montt
    • Young Girl
    • (uncredited)
    George B. Williams
    George B. Williams
    • Man in love with Circe at Party
    • (uncredited)
    Toby Wing
    Toby Wing
    • Little Girl
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
      • Douglas Z. Doty
      • Frederic Hatton
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    drednm

    Mae Murray in One of Her Great Hits

    Circe the Enchantress (1924) was one of Mae Murray's biggest hits and it's easy to see why, thanks to the film's streaming from Pordenone.

    Originally 74 minutes or so, only 54 minutes survive but it's enough to get the major points of the story. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Murray stars as Cecilie Brunner, a convent girl who goes to New York after the death of her mother and becomes a vamp (we can only guess how this happens). As the Circe in Greek mythology turned men into swine, the vampy Cecilie does the same at lavish parties where the jazz is hot and the champagne is as ice cold as she is. She has a cluster of men around her (including William Haines in a very straight role), but it's the sedate Dr. Van Martyn (James Kirkwood) she secretly pines for. He won't have anything to do with her; he seems to be mourning his saintly wife.

    Anyway, one wild night she gambles away her fortune in a crooked game of dice and in a moment of drunken bravura badly cuts her hand on a broken glass. The doctor comes to stitch her up but again tells her she's trash. She steals away in the night and disappears. Later she's run over by a car when she saves a little girl from getting hit and told she'll probably never walk again....

    Murray's wild party dance sequence is just sensational. Sensational. Great music score by Donald Sosin.

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      This film was long believed to be lost. But a Print was found in Národní filmovy archive in Prague and first time screening is October 2023 at the Pordenone film festival.

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1924 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Tinsel Woman
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Tiffany Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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