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Bella Donna

1915 · 50 min

A slow, brooding silent melodrama of seduction and poison, watching a woman's schemes unravel into lonely desolation.

Directed by: Hugh Ford, Edwin S. Porter
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, George Majeroni

Tagline: The woman who scored such a marvelous triumph as "ZAZA" far exceeds her previous performance in the presentation of this wily, serpentlike viper, who poisons the one man who has tried to lift her from the depths to which she has sunk.
Overview: Bella Donna ( Pauline Frederick ) a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine ( Thomas Holding ) into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi. To get rid of Nigel, she begins slowly poisoning him. However, Nigel's friend Dr. Isaacson arrives in time to save him. Now Baroudi wants nothing to do with Bella, and neither does her husband. Totally alone now, the distraught Bella wanders off into the desert.

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Directed by: Hugh Ford, Edwin S. Porter
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, George Majeroni

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
obsession
isolation
guilt
death
Places: countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Hugh Ford, Edwin S. Porter
Starring: Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, George Majeroni, Julian L'Estrange, Eugene Ormonde, Edmund Shalet, Helen Sinnott
Runtime: 50 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: No Language

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