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Silent film star known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" or, less painfully, "The Gardenia of the Screen." Or maybe: "Screen Star Enveloped in Swarm of Gardenia-Loving, Lip-Stinging Bees."
San Francisco circa 1925. "Film star Mae Murray and Duesenberg auto." 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative, originally from the Wyland Stanley collection. View full size.
Love the outfit. Everything she is wearing from her hat, handbag to the shoes would be stylish today.
A 1923 A-Deusenberg Phaeton. Shelbyville, Tennessee, June 1012.
... a 1925 Duesenberg Model A Phaeton.
Mae has the ultimate vehicle. Too bad she is not in it and speeding away from this unflattering portrait.
[Direct sun humbles us all. - Dave]
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