The Three Passions is a 1928 British sound drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Alice Terry, Iván Petrovich and Shayle Gardner.[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was made as a quota film for Allied Artists[2] and was based on a novel by Cosmo Hamilton. It was filmed on the French Riviera.

The Three Passions
Directed byRex Ingram
Written byRex Ingram
Based onThe Three Passions
by Cosmo Hamilton
Produced byRex Ingram
StarringAlice Terry
Iván Petrovich
Shayle Gardner
Clare Eames
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Production
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Distributed byAllied Artists (UK)
United Artists (US)
Release dates
  • December 1928 (1928-12) (U.K.)
  • January 1929 (1929-01) (U.S.)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

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References

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  1. ^ BFI entry[dead link]
  2. ^ Low p.160

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
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