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Madge Bellamy
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Was specially chosen by Fox as the star of their first-ever talkie,
Mother Knows Best (1928)
Her 1928 marriage to stockbroker Logan Metcalf lasted less than three days.
She rejected the lead role in
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
, which was later given to
Norma Shearer
and became one of Shearer's biggest early successes.
At the height of her fame she lived in 'The Cedars', a replica of a Spanish castle.
Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by
Stuart Oderman
(BearManor Media).
Profiled in "Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen" by William Drew, 1997.
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