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.
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.
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Cast
Pauline Frederick as Bella Donna
Thomas Holding as Nigel Armine
Julian L'Estrange as Baroudi
Eugene Ormonde as Dr. Isaacson
George Majeroni as Ibraham
Edmund Shalet as Hamza
Helen Sinnott as The Maid
Betty Blythe as A Dancer (uncredited)
Preservation
Bella Donna is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.