Mae Clarke: The Tragic Life of the Frankenstein Star Hollywood Left Behind

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@voceval1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for presenting this lovely tribute to Mae Clark. I've always enjoyed the films she did during the 1930s, especially "Three Wise Girls" with Jean Harlow and Marie Prevost. She was always so genuine and beautiful.

@josephmayo3253 4 ай бұрын

Nice tribute, Antonia. My favorite Mae Clarke performance is Waterloo Bridge. Myra just breaks my heart. It's one of my 3 favorite performances of the early 1930, along with Fay Eray in King Kong and Jean Harlow in Red Dust.

@KatherineCJames Ай бұрын

What a moving video. Thank you for doing the work. The Criterion Channel is offering a set of pre-code films. Tonight I watched Three Wise Girls with Mae Clarke, Marie Provost, and Jean Harlow. Last night I watched the Frank Capra film Ladies of Leisure with Barbara Stanwyck and Marie Provost. Provost was so good I looked her up. She also had a tragic life. She had been a leading lady, but weight gain moved her to supporting roles. A series of tragedies in her life caused her to drink and eat and diet until she died home alone at the age of 40. She wasn't found for two days. She was evidently one of the reasons for the founding of the Motion Picture Home for actors. Clarke fascinates me because she is a refined presence in her scenes. That's why I stopped to look her up. It's strange to know Harlow is the one who is seen as beautiful. It's been an unexpected part of watching these films to find the women actors are the heart of the film, but their personal lives are so fragile.

@buncombeshinola2257 4 ай бұрын

thank you for championing this underappreciated icon. it’s a shame that her supporting bit against cagney is better remembered than her dazzling, heartbreaking star vehicle in WATERLOO BRIDGE. keep up the great work!

@charlesmatthewbriggs6045 4 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation. Although I'm sure it never ranked highly in her resume, she also starred in my favorite Republic serial, "King of the Rocket Men" with Tris Coffin (as a good guy!) The entire cast of that one seem oddly energized and give 100%. Maybe Clarke's professionalism was an inspiration?

@mackjay1777 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for a very well done tribute to an underrated star of the Golden Age. i had only known her by name as the grapefruit girl in Public Enemy, never even noticed she was in Frankenstein. Then I saw Waterloo Bridge and Wow, she was a great actress...I saw some others of her 30s films and I'm convinced she was an above average talent.

@weaktea4252 4 ай бұрын

I always wondered why Clarke didn't play Elizabeth in "The Bride of Frankenstein". Now I know. Thanks, Antonia!

@johnjames-glover4630 4 ай бұрын

Another fascinating video.

@jonboz2577 4 ай бұрын

Excellent and very touching presentation of a talented actress who faced many challenges and was nonetheless happy with her life. She was quite beautiful and must make a gorgeous angel.. ❤❤❤❤

@scottfulps2065 4 ай бұрын

SO glad that, as a Laemmle, you love early Hollywood and especially Universal horror as much as we do! You always have excellent and entertaining information...thank you!

@hallking7441 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for tbis video. Everybody needs to know these really hard stories so we can learn from them and do berrer.

@zero_bs_tolerance8646 4 ай бұрын

I had no idea that she struggled so much. I love her Myra in "Waterloo Bridge". Thank you. Enjoyed.

@sallykohorst8803 4 ай бұрын

I loved hee in Frankenstein.

@Nightman221k 4 ай бұрын

I liked her as Elizabeth more than the replacement she had a bit more warmth and delicacy in her portrayal it’s a shame that James Whale didn’t fight to keep her in the role.

@chipshareswhathewantssothe611 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AntoniaCarlotta 2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much! 🖤

@cocoaorange1 4 ай бұрын

She was good in Waterloo Bridge. Bette Davis was in it too.

@markkeller6635 4 ай бұрын

Good work Antonia!!! This is a great series! I’m looking forward to the one on Julie Adams.

@DonnerPassWhisky 4 ай бұрын

Wow your hair is getting really long! Love your content. Thanks for doing these videos about the woman in film. Cheers

@JJW77 4 ай бұрын

Great job!

@banjoist123 2 ай бұрын

New subscriber, so glad I found you!

@AntoniaCarlotta 2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found me too!

@jpenir 4 ай бұрын

Shes so pretty. Its really sad how many of these women were chewed up and spit out by old Hollywood

@AntoniaCarlotta 4 ай бұрын

I see that same story over and over. I suppose it's not so different from today - but I'm almost comforted by the fact that the internet and social media has made it so much easier for celebrities to keep going after they're dismissed or forgotten by more "traditional" media

@h.calvert3165 4 ай бұрын

What a compassionate, empathetic portrait. The scream queens have found a true sister in you! I was really impressed by her work in Waterloo Bridge. It is much grittier than Vivien Leigh's (though I like it, too!) Thank you for advocating for the first Bride of Frankenstein! 🔩 Hey, is that your cat in the photo above the other Bride? 🐈

@AntoniaCarlotta 4 ай бұрын

On my bookshelf? Those are two of my three cats! Pepper is the orange guy, and Vinnie is the white one. We also have a calico named Wasabi 🐈‍⬛

@TomFrichek 4 ай бұрын

"...the first Bride of Frankenstein." Well put!

@h.calvert3165 4 ай бұрын

@@AntoniaCarlotta Cool! I now have a ginger named Oscar, with a great big round orange head! His little sister Felina is a tiny tortie, so gentle! Thanks for sharing. 🍊

@h.calvert3165 4 ай бұрын

@@TomFrichek Thanks, fellow Horror Hands fan! Do I rate maybe 7/10 Fricheks? 🙏🏻

@TomFrichek 4 ай бұрын

@@h.calvert3165 nah that's 10/10 material all the way!

@srm818 4 ай бұрын

Check out Night World from 1932. That was a great showcase of Mae.

@joelkweskin8545 4 ай бұрын

...co-starring Boris Karloff as her "boss." ;-)

@walterfechter8080 4 ай бұрын

MANY thanks, Antonia Carlotta! MUCH Love to Mae Clarke!

@daveyrogers7336 4 ай бұрын

IMHO one of the most underrated actresses of old Hollywood. I think her Myra in Waterloo Bridge is superior to Vivien Leigh's and she's so good in Frankenstein and The Public Enemy. Thanks for the video. I'm a huge Perry Mason fan but I can't remember her episode. Something to look forward to finding. Thanks.

@RubiChatvideos 3 ай бұрын

She was very good in The inpatient maiden and Night world withLew I en

@joecrow5484 4 ай бұрын

i hope you do one one evelyn ankers and her poor working relationship with lon chaney jr.

@ROCKHANDLER 4 ай бұрын

Well done! Thank you for introducing us to the woman.

@nastyporch3275 4 ай бұрын

First video I've watched on your channel, great job! Very informative.

@TomFrichek 4 ай бұрын

It's always great when another one in this series drops! 10/10 fricheks PS - i aint gonna tell u what to do or nuthin but if you find interesting stuff for a Gloria Holden episode i'd LOVE it!

@AntoniaCarlotta 4 ай бұрын

I welcome it!! I’m going to finish the “core” Universal Monster women, and then this has definitely inspired me to keep the series going with other Universal women. Gloria Holden is HIGH on that list 🖤

@RubiChatvideos 19 күн бұрын

Mae was terrific in The Impatient Maiden and Might World with Lew Ayres.

@maha333g5 4 ай бұрын

You are awesome!!

@steveinge7058 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining why Mae Clarke wasn't in " The Bride of Frankenstein," which I didn't care for as much as the original. Valerie Hobson didn't resemble Mae Clarke, and there were different actors portraying the mayor and little Maria's father. John Boles' character completely disappeared, too. Anyway, thanks again for your presentation.

@DennisFreitas-q6i 4 ай бұрын

Hollywood same ever !

@PerryCJamesUK 4 ай бұрын

There's a touch of Naomi Watts to Ms. Clarke's face.

@Nightman221k 4 ай бұрын

Carrie Mulligan also bears a resemblance to Mae. It might be from how she looked in Great Gatsby.

@Superb_0wl 4 ай бұрын

it didnt make any sense 2 recast her in Bride w Valerie Hobson but it still worked i guess

@AntoniaCarlotta 4 ай бұрын

It just seems so strange knowing how well she and James Whale got along and had worked together. Did something else happen?

@timelordvictorious 4 ай бұрын

⁠Antonia remember hearing he was mad with Boris Karloff and maid him run all the way in full costume and prosetics.think James Whale could be cruel at times

@timelordvictorious 4 ай бұрын

Feel I confusedMay Clark with may west unfortunately.will you cover the English lady who played Bride of Frankenstein.?

@blofeld39 4 ай бұрын

When did you jaunt across to see "Oh, Mary!", out of curiosity? 😀

@sammcbride2149 4 ай бұрын

It's too bad that she was on the wrong end of an iconic moment in movie history. They should have let her smack Cagney back in that movie. It would have been better for her and also foreshadowed women fighting back in the future in real life.

@susanb2015 4 ай бұрын

Women were ladies back then.

@JohnCine 3 ай бұрын

Interessante.

@paulrafferty5122 4 ай бұрын

Her Fiancee married someone else on holiday & she only found out by reading about it in the papers?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Unbelievable! She had a terrible romantic history, I'm glad she was rediscovered in later life & got fan mail again

@SerpenThrope 4 ай бұрын

Wolf Man trailer?

@dragdragon23 4 ай бұрын

that's Hollywood for you back then and now.

@rogerrendzak8055 4 ай бұрын

Yes of course, it would be 'FRANKENSTEIN'!!! Thanks Antonia!!! They called them 'sanitariums', back then. So what differently would they, be called today??