Bella_Donna_(1915_film)

<i>Bella Donna</i> (1915 film)

Bella Donna (1915 film)

1915 film by Edwin Stanton Porter, Hugh Ford

Bella Donna is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and the Charles Frohman Company, starring Pauline Frederick, and based on the 1912 play Bella Donna by James Bernard Fagan adapted from the 1909 novel of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens.[1]

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Scene in the film, L to R: Julian L'Estrange, Betty Blythe(uncredited), Pauline Frederick.

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]

Plot

Cast

Preservation status

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Tibbetts, John C. (1985). The American Theatrical Film: Stages in Development. Popular Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-879-72289-4.
  2. [2]
    Parish, James Robert; Stanke, Don E. (1975). The Debonairs. Arlington House. p. 50. ISBN 0-870-00293-7.
  3. [3]
    The Pauline Frederick webpage, Bella Donna
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