The Lure of the Mask
by Harold MacGrathliterary work· published 1908
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The Lure of the Mask is a 1908 novel by Harold MacGrath that was the fourth-best selling book in the United States for that year. In 1906-07, MacGrath made visits to Italy, and his impressions from those trips inspired the novel. A 1908 review of the book summarizes the light plot of the story in overenthusiastic fashion: The story opens with a jump--literally. A young New Yorker, rich, of course, hears from his window on a night of fog and mist a woman's voice singing divinely. He falls in love with it head over heels and he falls downstairs in about the same way, he is such a hurry to see the singer. But by the time her reaches the street, lo! she has vanished, and only a policeman remains. Late on, this young, adventurous Mr.
Adaptations (1)
The Lure of the Mask was adapted into a 1915 film.
The Lure of the Mask1915 · film · dir. Tom Ricketts · IMDb ↗Jack Hilliard hears a woman's voice singing an Italian aria and leans far out of the window, but he cannot make her out in the fog. The following day he tries to reach her through an advertisement. Finally they exchange notes, and...