Bella Donna
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That old theatrical war-horse Bella Donna (previously filmed in America by Alla Nazimova) was resurrected by Britain's Twickenham Studios in 1934. Conrad Veidt stars as sinister Egyptian Mahmoud Baroundi, who even before the film gets under way has left a long trail of ruined women behind him. His latest victim is American girl Mona Chepstow (Mary Ellis), whom Baroundi treats like dirt and makes her like it. The plot centers around a murder by poison, as evidenced by the film's deliberately exotic title. Critics in 1934 praised newcomer Mary Ellis for underplaying her role, but many film fans preferred Nazimova's arm-waving histrionics in the earlier version.
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Mary Ellis
Mary Chepstow Amine
Known for
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
John Stuart
Nigel Armine
Known for
Number Seventeen
The Pleasure Garden
Robert Milton
Vera Allinson
Julius Hagen
Sydney Blythe
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Meyer Isaacson
Known for
Rope
Suspicion
James B. Fagan
Robert Hichens
Conrad Veidt
Mahmoud Baroudi
Known for
Casablanca
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
W.L. Trytel
Jeanne Stuart
Lady Zoe Harwich
Also in
The Shadow
Forget Me Not
Robert Milton Director · H. Fowler Mear Writer James B. Fagan Writer
United States release December 11, 1934
Production
Julius Hagen Productions
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1934
Theatrical
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