Bellamy Trial Movie

Bellamy Trial
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Run Time: 95 min
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Released: 1929
Directors: Monta Bell
Genre/Type: Mystery
Crime
Courtroom Drama
Crime Thriller
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Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Popular silent-screen star Leatrice Joy made an adequate talking-picture debut in MGM's The Bellamy Trial. The film was based on a novel by Frances Noyes Hart, which in turn was allegedly inspired by a true story. Told in flashback form (a la Elmer Rice's On Trial), the story concerns the events leading up to the brutal murder of two-timing temptress Mimi Bellamy (Margaret Livingston). As Sue and Pat Ives (Leatrice Joy and George Barraud) fight for their lives in court, a pair of intrepid reporters (Betty Bronson, Edward Nugent) fall in love. Charles Middleton -- best known for his full-bodied performance as Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon serials -- delivers the most impressive performance as a ruthless district attorney. Completed as a silent film, The Bellamy Trial was partially reshot as a talkie -- the second MGM release to undergo this treatment (the first was William Haines' Jimmy Valentine).

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Leatrice Joy Sue Ives Nov 7, 1896 in New Orleans, LA
Betty Bronson Girl Reporter Nov 17, 1906 in Trenton, NJ
George Barraud Pat Ives
Margaret Livingston Mimi Bellamy Nov 25, 1900 in Salt Lake City, UT
Ken Thomson Stephen Bellamy Jan 7, 1899 in Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret Seddon Mother Ives Nov 18, 1872
Charles B. Middleton District Attorney Oct 3, 1879 in Elizabethtown, KY
Charles Hill Mailes Defense Attorney May 25, 1870 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jack Raymond Dec 14, 1901
Polly Ann Young Oct 25, 1908 in Denver, CO
Eddie Nugent Boy Reporter Feb 7, 1904
Jacqueline Gadsden
Robert Dudley Sep 13, 1869 in Cincinnati, OH
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew

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