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Peacock Alley (1922)

Peacock Alley poster
Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a small town moves to the big city and gets caught up in high society. She faces romantic entanglements and the pressures of her new glamorous life.

romanticdramaticsilent-eraglamorouslightlushsentimentalbittersweet

What happens

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. Set design for the film was done by Charles Cadwallader. The film premiered on November 9, 1921 at the Hotel Commodore in New York City. Louis Silvers and Ira Gershwin, writing under his early pen name "Arthur Francis," wrote a song for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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