The Missing Movie Star.

 Putting together my book "The Man Who Ate Films - the Life and Work of Michael Curtiz" I struggled to find a picture of Mary Kidd, the leading lady of the films Curtiz made in Europe between those with his then wives, the Hungarian Lucy Doraine and the German Lil Damita.  I was all but defeated, falling back on murky frames from Die Lawine. IMDB was also unable and Google her and you'll get a shot of Mary Pickford.

 

Well the world need wait no longer. There on a dealer's table at Pordenone I found a studio portrait of Fraulein Kidd

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