A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.
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Title: The Painted Veil (1934)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Greta Garbo | ... | Katrin | |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | Walter Fane | |
| George Brent | ... | Jack Townsend | |
| Warner Oland | ... | General Yu | |
| Jean Hersholt | ... | Herr Koerber | |
| Bodil Rosing | ... | Frau Koerber | |
| Katharine Alexander | ... | Mrs. Townsend | |
| Cecilia Parker | ... | Olga | |
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Soo Yong | ... | Amah |
| Forrester Harvey | ... | Waddington | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Robert Adair | ... | Polo Player (scenes deleted) |
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Mariska Aldrich | ... | German Teacher (scenes deleted) |
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Maidena Armstrong | ... | German (scenes deleted) |
| Billy Bevan | ... | Bridegroom (scenes deleted) | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Frau Koerber (scenes deleted) | |
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In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. Lonely Katrin has an affair with Jack Townsend of the British Embassy. When it is discovered by Walter he becomes very bitter. Fane travels to fight a cholera epidemic and Katrin goes with him and helps. They grow closer together than ever before but Walter is knifed in a riot incited by the burning of a cholera infested town. Now their new found happiness will depend on Walter's survival. Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
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Do not pass love by...It may never come again!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 November 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El velo pintado See more »Filming Locations:
French District, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$947,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$1,172,840Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,441,600Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played as background music in the wedding scene
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This film received its initial USA telecasts in Seattle Saturday 16 February 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Minneapolis Saturday 23 February 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), and in Portland OR Saturday 27 March 1957 on KGW (Channel 8); after this time it was withdrawn from television exposure because of the pending release of the remake The Seventh Sin (1957), and did not reappear until a year later when it aired in Indianapolis 17 March 1958 on WLW-I (Channel 13), and then yet another year later in San Antonio 12 March 1959 on WOAI (Channel 4) and in San Francisco 21 September 1959 on KGO (Channel 7); still avoiding competition with the theatrical release of the remake, it was not telecast in Miami until 14 May 1960 on WCKT (Channel 7), in Los Angeles 7 July 1960 on KTTV (Channel 11) and Chicago 26 December 1960 on WBBM (Channel 2). New York City television viewers didn't get a peek at it until 15 December 1962 when WCBS (Channel 2) quietly slipped it into the Late, Late Show. See more »Goofs
A box is marked "Scotch Whiskey". The proper spelling is "Whisky". See more »Quotes
Deputy Commissioner Waddington: I feel jolly well a blithering idiot. And why not? I am! Well, cheer-o. See you later, eh?See more »
Soundtracks
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played as background music in the wedding scene
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This film is a good adaptation of Maugham novel. I liked it because of Garbo and Herbert Marshall. If you are a fan of the writer you will like the film. I know there is a lot missing in the film, but there is so much can be put in 85 minutes. I highly recommend it for Garbo fans because in this film she does not play the role of a glamours person. She is a very normal but attractive housewife. I think this is one of her most believable acting.