Marah and Wesley McFadden walked the red carpet at the premier of “Nelly Don — The Musical” movie at Union Station in Kansas City, Marah acted in the film.
The movie captures the true story of a trailblazer that ignited a fashion revolution in the early 1900s and follows the story of Nelly Don, her abusive husband, an affair with a U.S. seantor, a fake adoption of her own biological son, and a mobster-linked abduction.
Marah played the lead singer and dancer “Bubbles,” who performed at Dante’s Inferno Club.
Stars of the movie arrived in antique cars from the period.
The movie has been playing in theaters in Kansas City and Wichita, and has been accepted into the Great Wonders Uplift Film Felstival.
It was written, produced and directed by Terence O’Malley, who is the great-great-nephew of the real Nell Donnelly Reed.
Marah is the daughter of Mick and Mona Melvin.
