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Fay Wray: Wedding March
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In 1928 Fay Wray starred in what she always thought her best film, Erich von Stroheim's hugely expensive and uncompleted masterpiece, The Wedding March. She resisted the director's sexual advances without too much difficulty or subsequent ill-will, and she learned a great deal from him.
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During this heyday time, Fay was approached to star opposite the already notorious Erich Von Stroheim, actor-director extraordinaire, in his latest production, “The Wedding March” (1928). Fay met with Erich and was completely bowled over by his brilliance. She convinced him she should play the part. To do this role, Fay had to get out of her Universal contract, and move over to Selig studios. It was there that a whole new world of filmmaking opened up to her. There she learned about the difference between easily packageable entertainment, and art.
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In 1926, Fay was selected along with 12 other young actresses (including Mary Astor and Janet Gaynor) by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers as a young starlet most likely to succeed in motion pictures. Fay was signed by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation in 1928 and continued into 1929. Her Paramount films included some of the finest of the late silent era, including The Wedding March (1928) and The Legion of the Condemned (1928).
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The Wedding March [S]tars Wray as a love-sick beauty entrapped by her devotion to a Viennese officer who is compelled to marry for money. Director Erich von Stroheim, son of a German-Jewish immigrant, constructed an image of himself as a European aristocrat in this and other films by changing his name and casting himself in high-profile roles. His films, notable for their lavish spectacle and formal structure, made a lasting impression on American narrative cinema.
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Throughout her early silent work, Wray worked diligently on her craft, hoping that one day she could land a lead role that would demonstrate her talents. The opportunity came when Erich von Stroheim chose Fay for the female lead in his 1928 masterpiece, The Wedding March.
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In 1928, director Erich von Stroheim cast Wray as the main female lead in his troubled production of The Wedding March, which sent Hollywood in a buzz for its high budget and production values. It was a financial failure, but it gave Wray her first lead role.
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