---
title: 'The Painted Veil (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Boleslawski'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-painted-veil-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025617/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Painted Veil (1934)

1934 · 83 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Boleslawski](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-boleslawski)
- **Screenplay:** [Salka Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/salka-viertel), [John Meehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meehan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Editor:** [Hugh Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wynn)
- **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)

## Cast

- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi)
- [Jean Hersholt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hersholt)
- [Greta Garbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/greta-garbo)
- [Cecilia Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecilia-parker)
- [Warner Oland](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-oland)
- [Katharine Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-alexander)
- [George Brent](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-brent)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Flora Finch](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-finch)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)
- [Herbert Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-marshall)

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