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Midnight Mary is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone.
May 21, 2012 · In life, she was known by the name Mary E. Hart, but today most people in New Haven, CT, know her as Midnight Mary. The story goes that Mary was accidentally buried alive after a swoon.
Midnight Mary: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine. An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- William A. Wellman
- 1933-06-30
Jun 14, 2020 · The first — and most horrific — says her family found her apparently dead of a stroke at the stroke of midnight and quickly had her buried; her aunt, however, had a dream the next night in which she saw Mary still alive in her coffin and plead with the powers-that-be to dig her up.
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While sometimes women get jostled or a swift slap in the pre-Code era, Midnight Mary features some of the most brutal violence against women of the time. Bunny (Merkel) gets a rather nasty hit from...
Midnight Mary has one of the best opening sequences, I think, of practically any film. We begin with a district attorney ranting, raving about a murderess, aiming his finger directly towards the camera as we find ourselves among a stoic jury. He warns us, spits invective and then rants angrily at the defendant. It’s then we’re treated to our first ...
The film’s DVD, as part of the third Forbidden Hollywood collection, features an excellent DVD commentary track by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta. They discuss the film’s origins as a planned Jean...
This movie is highlighted and discussed in the fourth volume of The Pre-Code Companion.This film is available as part of the third Forbidden Hollywood collection, which also includes Other Men’s Women, The Purchase Price, Frisco Jenny, Heroes for Sale and Wild Boys of the Road.Jan 12, 2009 · The good people of New Haven have always been happy to continue sharing the supernatural stories of Midnight Mary, the woman whose legacy features a cursed gravestone and a tale of woe — a damned damsel, to be sure.
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We know that knockout lady gambler Mary (Loretta Young) and coat check babe Bunny (Una Merkel) both work for gangsters, so we know something’s up at the casino, as we meet sophisticate Tom (Franchot Tone) and dyspeptic buddy Sam (Andy Devine), in MGM’s Midnight Mary, 1933.
