Bella Donna (1915 film)

{{Short description|1915 film by Edwin Stanton Porter, Hugh Ford}}

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{{infobox film

| name = Bella Donna

| image = Belladonna-newspaperad-1915.jpg

| caption = Contemporary newspaper advertisement.

| director = Edwin S. Porter
Hugh Ford

| producer = Adolph Zukor
Charles Frohman

| based_on = {{based on|Bella Donna|Robert Smythe Hichens}}
{{based on|Bella Donna|James Bernard Fagan}}

| writer =

| starring = Pauline Frederick

| cinematography =

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1915|11|15}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = silent (English intertitles)

}}

File:Belladonna-newspaper-scene-1915.jpg, Betty Blythe(uncredited), Pauline Frederick.]]

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.{{cite book|last=Tibbetts|first=John C.|title=The American Theatrical Film: Stages in Development|year=1985|publisher=Popular Press|isbn=0-879-72289-4|page=70}}

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.{{cite book|last1=Parish|first1=James Robert|last2=Stanke|first2=Don E.|title=The Debonairs|year=1975|publisher=Arlington House|isbn=0-870-00293-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/debonairs00pari/page/50 50]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/debonairs00pari/page/50}}