page_title: May McAvoy
section_title: Filmography
hierarchical_section_title: May McAvoy / Filmography
caption_attribution_description: English: Description: Warner Bros. publicity photo for the film The Jazz Singer (1927), featuring stars May McAvoy and Al Jolson Source: Scan from private collection Original publisher/holder of property rights: Warner Bros. Public domain explanation The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1927 for use by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection. A search of copyright renewal records for 1954 and 1955 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals that no renewal was filed as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any, on any bound collection of material that might encompass this photograph. There is no evidence that the work's corporate author claims copyright on the image.
context_page_description: May McAvoy was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent-film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in The Enchanted Cottage, Esther in Ben-Hur, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer.
context_section_description: Silent
  Hate (1917) as May Garvan
  To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918) (*lost) as Wounded Girl
  A Perfect Lady (1918) as Claire Higgins
  I'll Say So (1918) as Minor Role (uncredited)
  Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919) (*extant) as Australy Wiggs
  The Woman Under Oath (1919) (*extant) as Edith Norton
  Love Wins (1919)
  The Way of a Woman (1919) (*extant) as Grace Lee
  My Husband's Other Wife (1920) as Nettie Bryson
  The Sporting Duchess (1920) (*lost) as Mary Aylmer
  Man and His Woman (1920) as Eve Cartier
  The House of the Tolling Bell (1920) as Lucy Atheron
  The Forbidden Valley (1920) as Morning Glory
  The Devil's Garden (1920) (*lost) as Norah
  The Truth About Husbands (1920) (*extant; Library of Congress)
  Sentimental Tommy (1921, Paramount) (*lost) as Grizel
  A Private Scandal (1921) as Jeanne Millett
  Everything for Sale (1921) as Helen Wainwright
  Morals (1921) (*extant) as Carlotta
  A Virginia Courtship (1921) (*lost) as Prudence Fairfax
  A Homespun Vamp (1922) (*lost) as Meg Mackenzie
  Through a Glass Window (1922) as Jenny Martin
  The Top of New York (1922) (*lost) as Hilda O'Shaunnessey
  A Trip to Paramountown (1922, Short) (*extant) as Herself
  Clarence (1922, Paramount) (*lost) as Cora Wheeler
  Kick In (1922, Paramount) (*extant) as Myrtle
  Grumpy (1923, Paramount) (*extant) as Virginia Bullivant
  Only 38 (1923 Paramount) (*lost) as Lucy Stanley
  Her Reputation (1923, Ince / Associated First National) (*lost) as Jacqueline Lanier
  Hollywood (1923, Paramount) as Herself (*lost)
  West of the Water Tower (1923, Paramount) (*lost) as Bee Chew
  The Enchanted Cottage (1924, Asso.FirstNational) (*extant; Library of Congress) as Laura Pennington
  The Bedroom Window (1924, Paramount) (*extant; Library of Congress) as Ruth Martin
  Tarnish (1924, Goldwyn) (*lost) as Letitia Tevis
  Three Women (1924, Warner Brothers) (*extant) as Jeannie Wilton
  Married Flirts (1924, Goldwyn) (*lost) as Herself, Guest at party
  The Mad Whirl (1925, Universal) (*extant; Library of Congress) as Cathleen Gillis
  Tessie (1925, ArrowFilm) (*lost) as Tessie
  Ben-Hur (1925, MGM) (*extant) as Esther
  Lady Windermere's Fan (1925, Warner Brothers) (*extant) as Lady Windermere
  Calf-Love (1926, Short)
  The Road to Glory (1926, Fox) (*lost) as Judith Allen
  My Old Dutch (1926, Universal) (*extant) as Sal Gratton
  The Passionate Quest (1926, Warner Brothers) (*lost; fragment Library of Congress) as Rosina Vonet
  The Savage (1926, First National) (*lost) as Ysabel Atwater
  The Fire Brigade (1926, MGM) (*extant) as Helen Corwin
  Matinee Ladies (1927, Warner Brothers) (*lost) as Sallie Smith
  Irish Hearts (1927, Warner Brothers) (*lost) as Sheila
  Sound
  Slightly Used (1927 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*lost; first of McAvoy's films with Vitaphone track of effects and music) as Cynthia Martin
  The Jazz Singer (1927 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*extant) as Mary Dale
  A Reno Divorce (1927 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*lost) as Carla
  If I Were Single (1927 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) as May Howard
  The Little Snob (1928 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*lost) as May Banks
  Sunny California (1928, Short)
  The Lion and the Mouse (1928 Vitaphone / WarnerBrothers) (*extant) as Shirley Ross
  Caught in the Fog (1928 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*extant; 35mm British Film Institute) The Girl
  The Terror (1928 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*extant) as Olga Redmayne
  Stolen Kisses (1929 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*lost) as May Lambert
  No Defense (1929 Vitaphone / Warner Brothers) (*lost) as Ruth Harper
  Two Girls on Broadway (1940) as Chatworth's Secretary (uncredited)
  The New Pupil (1940, Short) as Sally's mother
  The Phantom Raiders (1940) as Middle Telephone Operator (uncredited)
  Dulcy (1940) as Miss Murphy - Van Dyke's Secretary (uncredited)
  Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
  Whispers (1941, Short) as Gossip (uncredited)
  1-2-3 Go! (1941, Short) as Miss Jones, nurse
  Love Crazy (1941) as Sanity Hearing Secretary (uncredited)
  The Getaway (1941) as Duff's Secretary (uncredited)
  Ringside Maisie (1941) as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
  Main Street on the March! (1941, Short) as Window Shopper (un
caption: With Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927)
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