Madeline Hurlock Explained

Madeline Hurlock
Birth Date:	12 December 1897
Birth Place:	Federalsburg, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.
Yearsactive:	1923 - 1929
Occupation:	Actress
Spouse:	^[1]

Madeline Hurlock (December 12, 1897^[2]  - April 4, 1989^[2]) was an American silent film actress.

Biography

Madeline Hurlock was born on December 12, 1897^[3] (some sources say 1899^[4] or 1900^[5]), the daughter of John W. Hurlock, an engineer, and Sallie Hurlock.^[6] She was of English and Italian ancestry. Hurlock attended a finishing school in Philadelphia, after which she acted in a repertory theatre company there.^[7]

In New York, Hurlock acted and danced in musical comedies at the Century Roof Garden^{[8] [9]} and made her Broadway debut in the ensemble cast of The Rose of China in 1919.

Hurlock appeared in many short comedies for Mack Sennett, debuting as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in 1923, and was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925. She was a talented comedian, also known for her beauty. She appeared in over 50 short films, the first of which, Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? was made in 1923, and the last, Pink Pajamas, in 1929. She featured in one of Laurel and Hardy's early films, Duck Soup.

Hurlock married three times:^[10]

• She married Army Sergeant John S. McGovern in Ellicott City, Maryland, on August 4, 1917.^[11] They divorced in 1924.
• Marc Connelly, married 1930,^[10] divorced 1935. Connelly won the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Green Pastures in 1930.
• Robert E. Sherwood, she met Sherwood on an ocean liner,^[12] Hurlock divorced Connelly in Riga, and married Sherwood in 1935, at Budapest.^{[13] [14]} Sherwood won the Pulitzer Prize four times; he died in 1955.^[15]

According to Myrna Loy's autobiography, Hurlock and Sherwood had a difficult time getting married. In Budapest she told Loy, "These suspicious old men kept saying, 'You have to be examined to see if you are... if you are... why are you getting married? Are you pregnant?'"^[16]

Selected filmography

• The Daredevil (1923)^[17]
• The Luck o' the Foolish (1924)
• The Cat's Meow (1924)
• The Hansom Cabman (1925)
• Butter Fingers (1925)
• Don Juan's Three Nights (1926)
• Flirty Four-Flushers (1926)
• Duck Soup (1927)

External links

• • • https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp82647/madeline-hurlock Photographs] at www.npg.org.uk
• Madeline Hurlock at www.encyclopedia.com
• http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1051653%7C103769/Madeline-Hurlock/
• Madeline Hurlock at broadwayworld.com
• Madeline Hurlock at playbill.com
• https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/11324/madeline-hurlock
• Stills and lobby cards at gettyimages.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: My Day Index: Hurlock, Madeline, 1899-1989 . www2.gwu.edu . 1 July 2023.
2. Web site: Hurlock, Madeline (1899–1989) . Encyclopedia.com . 1 July 2023.
3. Web site: Ankerich . Michael G. . Michael G. Ankerich . Madeline Hurlock: Sennett Beauty and Intellectual . Closeups and Canvases . 1 July 2023 . en . 16 June 2013.
4. Book: Liebman, Roy. The Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922-1934. July 3, 2000. McFarland. 9780786407569. Google Books.
5. Book: The Motion Picture Guide 1990 Annual: The Films of 1989. Jay Robert. Nash. Stanley R.. Ross. July 3, 1990. Cinebooks. 9780933997295. Google Books.
6. News: Inscribes book to Federalsburg club . March 4, 2020 . The Daily Times . January 10, 1941 . Maryland, Salisbury . 2. Newspapers.com.
7. News: The Comedy Producer Selects Madeline Hurlock As The Fairest Of The Fair . March 4, 2020 . Burbank Daily Evening Review . May 28, 1927 . California, Burbank . 7. Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: Century Theatre - New York City . nycago.org . 1 July 2023.
9. News: SOCIETY GIRLS AID HOME.; Pose in Tableaux and Raise $1,500 for Homeless Boys' Charity. . 1 July 2023 . The New York Times . 20 February 1921.
10. News: Marc Connelly Marries; Dramatist Weds Madeline Hurlock at Municipal Chapel. . 1 July 2023 . The New York Times . 5 October 1930 . 29 . Marc Connelly, author of "The Green Pastures," which won the Pulitzer Prize for 1929, and Madeline Hurlock, former Mack Sennett film ....
11. News: Reel bride a real bride . March 4, 2020 . The Baltimore Sun . August 7, 1917 . Maryland, Baltimore . 14. Newspapers.com.
12. Web site: Robert E. Sherwood . tcmdb . tcm.com . 1 July 2023 . en.
13. News: Behrman . S. N. . S. N. Behrman . Old Monotonous . 1 July 2023 . The New Yorker . snbehrman.com . June 1, 1940.
14. Web site: MADELINE HURLOCK - SIGNED LETTER - 1950 . eBay.
15. Book: Slide . Anthony Slide . Anthony . 'It's the Pictures That Got Small': Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age . 2014 . . 978-0-231-53822-0 . 65 . 10.7312/slid16708 . en.
16. Book: Loy . Myrna . Myrna Loy . Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming . 110 . 1987 . Knopf . 978-0-394-55593-5 . en.
17. Web site: THE DAREDEVIL (1923) . archive.org . 1 July 2023.