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Bellamy Trial

1929, Movie, NR, 95 mins

Bellamy Trial: Review

Two defendants are on trial for a murder they did not commit. The story is based on a love triangle, with a gruesome scene for a 1929 movie. A plaster cast of the dead woman's bust is displayed in court with an open knife wound into which the prosecution repeatedly jabs a knife. Middleton, the D.A. doing the thrusting, was an accomplished vaudevillian with the kind of crisp diction film producers sought desperately in order to overcome the shaky sound techniques. A great dea... read more leave a comment