''The Veiled Woman'' is a 1929 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Emmett J. Flynn
Emmett J. Flynn (November 9, 1891 in Denver, Colorado – June 4, 1937 in Hollywood, California) was an American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
Filmography
As director
* 1917 : ''Alimony''
* 1918 : '' The Racing Strain'' ...
and starring
Lia Torá
Lia Torá (born Horacia Correa D'Avila; May 12, 1907 – 1972) was a Brazilian dancer and film actress.Kohner p. 347
Selected filmography
* ''The Low Necker'' (1927)
* ''The Veiled Woman
''The Veiled Woman'' is a 1929 American drama film ...
, Lupita Tovar and
Walter McGrail
Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial.
McGrail was born in ...
, also featuring
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
.
[Kohner p. 347] This film was initially advertised as being a sound film, but at the last minute, the producer decided to film it as a silent instead.
Plot
The film is told in flashbacks by a woman who tells a young girl four stories of men she knew in her past, one of whom she had been forced to kill in self defense.
Cast
*
Lia Torá
Lia Torá (born Horacia Correa D'Avila; May 12, 1907 – 1972) was a Brazilian dancer and film actress.Kohner p. 347
Selected filmography
* ''The Low Necker'' (1927)
* ''The Veiled Woman
''The Veiled Woman'' is a 1929 American drama film ...
as Nanon
* Paul Vincent as Pierre
*
Walter McGrail
Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial.
McGrail was born in ...
as Diplomatic Attaché
*
Josef Swickard
Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March 1940) was a Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America.
Career
Swickard emigrated to the United States from Ger ...
as Col. De Selincourt
*
Lupita Tovar
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in Los Angeles b ...
as Young Girl
*
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
as Nanon's murdered suitor
*
Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 – June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as the richest per ...
as Dr. Donald Ross
*
André Cheron as Count De Bracchi
*
Ivan Lebedeff
Ivan Lebedeff (born Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev ( rus, Иван Васильевич Лебедев), 18 June 1894 – 31 March 1953) was a Russian film actor, lecturer and writer. He appeared in 66 films between 1926 and 1953. In 1940, his no ...
as Capt. Paul Fevier
*
Maude George
Maude George (August 15, 1888 – October 10, 1963) was an American actress of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Riverside, California, in 1888, Maude George is remembered primarily as a regular of director Eric von Stroheim's stock compa ...
as Countess De Bracchi
References
Bibliography
* Pancho Kohner. ''Lupita Tovar The Sweetheart of Mexico''. Xlibris Corporation, 2011.
External links
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Stillsat the Bela Lugosi blog
1929 films
1929 drama films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Emmett J. Flynn
Fox Film films
Films set in Paris
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
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