The Painted Veil
Do not pass love by...It may never come again!
1934 | 85m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Richard Boleslawski |
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| Writer: | Edith Fitzgerald, Salka Viertel, W. Somerset Maugham, John Meehan |
| Staring: |
| The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 23, 1934 |
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| Director: | Richard Boleslawski |
| Writer: | Edith Fitzgerald, Salka Viertel, W. Somerset Maugham, John Meehan |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | china, based on novel or book, cholera, doctor, epidemic, extramarital affair, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,120,000
Budget: $947,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Greta Garbo | Katrin Koerber Fane |
| 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 |
| Soo Yong | Amah |
| Forrester Harvey | Waddington |
| Ethel Griffies | Lady Coldchester (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Dr. Somerset (uncredited) |
| Keye Luke | Shay Key Fong (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Boleslawski | Director |
| Edith Fitzgerald | Screenplay |
| Milton Brown | Still Photographer |
| Hugh Wynn | Editor |
| William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Salka Viertel | Screenplay |
| W. Somerset Maugham | Novel |
| John Meehan | Screenplay |
| Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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