“Once you become a star, you are always a star!” Maybelline Girl, Mae Murray, rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen"

"One of the many Beautiful Stage and Screen Stars who wear and highly recommend Maybelline Beauty Aids''.

May Murray appeared in this Maybelline ad while starring with Rudolph Valentino in The Delicious Little Devil in 1919. 

Purchase this Comedy/The Delicious Little Devil (1919) DVD

The Delicious Little Devil is a silent film drama/comedy produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1919 stars Mae Murray and features a "pre-star" Rudolph Valentino. Purchase the card at Silent Cinema Inc. lobby card

Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics) (Hardcover) The real-life silent screen queen of the 20s was defined, not only by her screen allure, but also by her fabrications, her fictions, her pretenses, her litigiousness and her decidedly odd behavior.

she was once "The Merry Widow," or a hardworking professional silent screen actress who got lost in her own publicity.

Mae Murray could not let go of the fantasy that Hollywood had and it destroyed any hope of her leading a normal life out of the spotlight.

 Murray's life could be the model for Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.  She was a Ziegfeld Girl, a successful dancer and a successful Silent Film movie queen. 

Click on the video and enjoy Maybelline's beautiful

Movie Legend, Mae Murray.

Why is it that so many of these Silent Film Stars lives in so tragically? Mae Murray's sad ending.

When the Talkies took over many turned to Alcohol and died young like Mary Eaton.

Thank you for following the Maybelline Book Blog.

Silent Film Beauties become Maybelline models in 1920..

                          Mary Eaton

                               Mae Murrey

Ethel Clayton.

                             Ethel Clayton.

Ethel Clayton.

Mildred Davis.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

                        Gloria Swanson.

                       Gloria Swanson

Beautiful Silent Film Stars endorse Maybelline and promote the Women's Movement

                                        

                                           Mary Eaton

                                     

                                         Mae Murrey

       Ethel Clayton.

                                   Ethel Clayton.

Ethel Clayton.

Mildred Davis.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

                                         Gloria Swanson.

                                             Gloria Swanson.

Maybelline was very influential in the 1920's women's movement, because it allowed women to create their own identities. With endorsements from these major Film Stars, Maybelline began to appear in even the most modest lady's toiletries. Look at these beautiful Actresses and think about the impact they had on your great grandmothers and grandmothers in the 1920's.

If you love Old Hollywood history, pick up a copy of 

The Maybelline Story, as it mirrors everything from the 1920s and beyond.

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IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS MAYBELLINE...a never-before-told story that spans a 100 years and paints the picture of the American Dream.

   My Great uncle Tom Lyle Williams founded The Maybelline Company, in 1915 and owned it until it sold to Plough Inc. in 1967.

   Here is a peek at The Maybelline Story from the 1920's...

                          In the Beginning there was MAYBELLINE....

Noel James and Frances Williams 1917.

But it wouldn't have been possible without.....
Noel J. Williams.

“Once you become a star, you are always a star!” Maybelline Girl, Mae Murray, rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen"

"One of the many Beautiful Stage and Screen Stars who wear and highly recommend Maybelline Beauty Aids''.

May Murray appeared in this Maybelline ad while starring with Rudolph Valentino in The Delicious Little Devil in 1919. 

Purchase this Comedy/The Delicious Little Devil (1919) DVD

The Delicious Little Devil is a silent film drama/comedy produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1919 stars Mae Murray and features a "pre-star" Rudolph Valentino. Purchase the card at Silent Cinema Inc. lobby card

Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics) (Hardcover) The real-life silent screen queen of the 20s was defined, not only by her screen allure, but also by her fabrications, her fictions, her pretenses, her litigiousness and her decidedly odd behavior.

she was once "The Merry Widow," or a hardworking professional silent screen actress who got lost in her own publicity.

Mae Murray could not let go of the fantasy that Hollywood had and it destroyed any hope of her leading a normal life out of the spotlight.

 Murray's life could be the model for Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.  She was a Ziegfeld Girl, a successful dancer and a successful Silent Film movie queen. 

Click on the video and enjoy Maybelline's beautiful

Movie Legend, Mae Murray.

Why is it that so many of these Silent Film Stars lives in so tragically? Mae Murray's sad ending.

When the Talkies took over many turned to Alcohol and died young like Mary Eaton.

Thank you for following the Maybelline Book Blog.

Silent Film Beauties become Maybelline models in 1920..

                            Mary Eaton

                                     Mae Murrey

Ethel Clayton.

                                   Ethel Clayton.

Ethel Clayton.

Mildred Davis.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

Viola Dana.

                                         Gloria Swanson.

                                             Gloria Swanson.

A Pretty Girl is like a Melody - The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Written by Irving Berlin for Ziegfeld Follies of 1919.

So Vintage Maybelline - Silent Film and Concert Series week, comes to a close today.   My cousin, Linda Hughes and I had fun working together, bringing these wonderful memories back to life.  Now you know why The Artist, won the Oscar for Best Picture, It was a fabulous era in film history.  

If you love Old Hollywood history, pick up a copy of
The Maybelline Story, as it mirrors everything from the 1920s and beyond.