Bella Donna (1915 film)

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Bella Donna
Belladonna-newspaperad-1915.jpg
Contemporary newspaper advertisement.
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Hugh Ford
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Charles Frohman
Based on Bella Donna
by Robert Smythe Hichens
Bella Donna
by James Bernard Fagan
Starring Pauline Frederick
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
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  • November 15, 1915 (1915-11-15)
Running time
50 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles
Scene from the film.

Bella Donna was a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and the Charles Frohman Company, starring Pauline Frederick, and based on the play Bella Donna by James Bernard Fagan adapted from the novel of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens.[1]

In 1912, Alla Nazimova starred in a Broadway stage version which ran for 72 performances. A second version of the novel and play was filmed in 1923, starring Pola Negri.[2]

Cast

Preservation status

The 1915 version is now considered a lost film.[3]

See also

References

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  3. The Pauline Frederick webpage, Bella Donna

External links

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