Heroine of the Month: Muriel Angelus
Muriel Angelus has the distinction of playing the female lead in the first, and as far as I’ve been able to find, only co-produced serial between America and England in the sound era, Lloyd of the C.I.D. (1932) which was released here through co-producer Universal as Detective Lloyd (1932).
Angelus was a Scottish born singer who made her debut at the age of twelve and developed into a popular music hall performer. This of course lead her to the movies, her first film was The Ringer (1928), an adaptation of thriller writer Edgar Wallace’s stage play. Usually cast as the ingenue she appeared in No Exit (1930) with then husband John Stuart, Hindle Wakes (1931), and My Wife’s Family (1932).
After So You Won’t Talk (1935), she appeared in the stage play The Boys From Syracuse, which eventually led the now divorced Angelus to secure a Hollywood career at Paramount, where she made The Light That Failed (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940) among others. She retired from film in 1946 after marrying conductor Paul Lavelle.
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