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The Painted Veil (1934)
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent, Warner Oland
Runtime85 min
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The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
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The 1934 film The Painted Veil, directed by Richard Boleslawski, is a critically acclaimed drama and romance about the wife of a doctor in China who falls in love with a diplomat. While the film's ratings and awards recognition are not widely available, it is considered an underappreciated classic from the era.
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Directed by the acclaimed Richard Boleslawski in 1934, The Painted Veil features a compelling drama and romance starring the legendary Greta Garbo as the wife of a doctor in China who falls for a diplomat, blending themes of love, betrayal, and personal transformation against the visually striking backdrop of 1930s China.
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The Painted Veil is a 1934 American drama directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Greta Garbo. The film was produced by Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1925 novel The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, with a screenplay by John Meehan, Salka Viertel, and Edith Fitzgerald, the film is about a woman who accompanies her new husband to China while he conducts medical research. Feeling neglected by her husband, the woman soon falls in love with a handsome diplomatic attaché. The film score was by Herbert Stothart, the cinematography by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons, and the costume design by Adrian. The film earned $1,658,000 at the box office.
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