Monta Bell
Monta Bell (1891–1958) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Louis Monta Bell
Monta Bell
National Photo Company Collection · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url: https · Public domain
- Born
- 1891 · Washington and D.C.
- Died
- 1958 · Hollywood.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film producer · film director · screenwriter · film editor · actor
- Education
- Eastern High School
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Born at Washington, D.C. in 1891, died in Hollywood in 1958.
Monta Bell studied at Eastern High School. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States.
![Monty Bell and friends at Union Station, [10/8/25] Abstract/medium: 1 negative: glass; 4 x 5 in. or smaller](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Monty_Bell_and_friends_at_Union_Station%2C_%2810-8-25%29_LCCN2016840894.jpg/1280px-Monty_Bell_and_friends_at_Union_Station%2C_%2810-8-25%29_LCCN2016840894.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Monty Bell and friends at Union Station, [10/8/25] Abstract/medium: 1 negative: glass; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
National Photo Company Collection · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url: https
Production still from the American romantic comedy film The Boy Friend (1926) with film director Monta Bell and Marceline Day reviewing the script, on page 2843 of the June 19, 1926 Motion Picture News.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Motion Picture News (May - Jun. 1926), on the Internet Archive
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Hollywood.
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