Bella Donna (1923 film)

Bella Donna
Lobby card with Pola Negri and Adolphe Menjou
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byOuida Bergère (scenario)
Based onBella Donna (novel)
by Robert Smythe Hichens
Bella Donna (play)
by James Bernard Fagan
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringPola Negri
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Music bysong "Bella Donna"
Ted Snyder (music)
Harry B. Smith (lyrics)
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1923 (1923-04-01)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Bella Donna is a 1923 American silent film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1909 novel, Bella Donna, by Robert Smythe Hichens which was later adapted for a 1912 Broadway play starring Alla Nazimova. This film is also a remake of the 1915 Paramount film Bella Donna starring Pauline Frederick. The 1923 film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Pola Negri in her first American film.