''Jealousy'' is a 1929 American

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drama film directed by

Jean de Limur Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include '' La Garçonne'' (1936) and '' The Letter'' (1929). A French army officer and a designer, ...

and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the French play ''Monsieur Lamberthier'', by

Louis Verneuil Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 – 3 November 1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote approximately sixty plays and was be ...

. The play was translated by

Eugene Walter Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his y ...

and ran on Broadway under the title ''Jealousy'' in 1928. The film version starred Jeanne Eagels and

Fredric March Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s.Obituary '' Variety'', April 16, 1975, ...

, and is the second

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and final motion picture featuring Eagels. The film was initially shot with British actor

Anthony Bushell Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director who appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958–59), and al ...

as Pierre, but he was replaced by March at Eagels' insistence. Supporting actress

Hilda Moore Hilda Mary Moore (born 1886 in London – 18 May 1929 in New York City) was a British stage and film actress. Hilda Moore served in France in WW1 with the FANY British Convoy (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry). The FANY were the first women to driv ...

died before ''Jealousy'' was released, while the film's star, Jeanne Eagels, died of an overdose of

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one month after the film was released.

Cast

* Jeanne Eagels as Yvonne *

as Pierre *

Halliwell Hobbes Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor. Early years The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ...

as Rigaud *Blanche Le Clair as Renee *

Henry Daniell Charles Henry Pywell Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as '' Camille'' (1 ...

as Clement *

as Charlotte *Carlotta Coerr as Louise *

Granville Bates Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 – July 8, 1940) was an American character actor and bit player, appearing in over ninety films. Biography Bates was born in Chicago in 1882 to Granville Bates, Sr., a developer and builder, and Adaline Bates ...

as Lawyer *Virginia Chauvenet as Maid

Preservation status

No known prints of ''Jealousy'' are known to exist and it is now considered

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* * 1929 films 1929 drama films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Films based on works by Louis Verneuil Films directed by Jean de Limur Lost American films Paramount Pictures films 1929 lost films Lost drama films 1920s English-language films Films with screenplays by Garrett Fort 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub