Glass Slide
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“A drama of the dancing daughters of France,” the Veiled Woman was Bela Lugosi’s on-screen sound film debut. It was also issued in a silent version. In flashback, Lia Tora’s character tells of the disreputable men who have figured in her life. Lugosi plays one of her suitors. Lia Tora is credited with co-writing the story upon which the film is based with Julio de Moraes.
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Production Company: Fox Film Corporation
Director: Emmett J. Flynn
Assistant Director: Ray Flynn
Original Story: Julio de Moraes and Lia Tora
Screenplay: Douglas Z. Dawley
Story Director: Joseph F. Poland
Cinematographer: Charles G. Clark
Running Time: 60 minutes
Copyright Number: LP298, April 15, 1929
Cast:
Lia Tora: Nanon
Paul Vincenti: Pierre
Kenneth Thomas: Dr. Donald Ross
Walter McGrail: English Dipolomatic Attache
Josef Switkard: Colonel de Selincourt
Andre Cheron: Count de Bracchi
Ivan Lebedreff: Captain Paul Fevier
Maude George: Countess de Bracchi –
Bela Lugosi: A suitor to Nanon
Lupita Tovar: Young girl
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Pittsburgh Press, April 21, 1929
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The Daily Times, May 1, 1929
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Reading Eagle, June 30, 1929
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Lobby Cards
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Stills
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi and Lia Tora
(From the collection of Adele Mason aka Noufaux)
