The Yellow Ticket (1918 American film)

The Yellow Ticket is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William Parke and starring Fannie Ward. It is based on Michael Morton's 1914 play The Yellow Ticket. This screen adaptation of the play is currently classified as a lost film.[1]

The Yellow Ticket
Advertisement in The Moving Picture World, 1918
Directed byWilliam Parke
Written byTom Cushing
Based onThe Yellow Ticket
by Michael Morton
Produced byAstra Film Co.
StarringFannie Ward
Milton Sills
Warner Oland
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • May 26, 1918 (1918-05-26)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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Anna Mirrel, a young Jewish girl in Czarist Russia, is forced to pretend to be a prostitute to obtain a passport (a "yellow ticket") in order to visit her father, whom she believes to be ill. When she arrives in St. Petersburg, she learns that her father has been killed. She encounters a young journalist and tells him about injustices the government has kept him from learning about.

Cast

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Uncredited cast

  • Nicholas Dunaew
  • Edward Elkas
  • Charles Jackson (*as Charley Jackson)
  • Richard Thornton

Production

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The film is an adaptation of a play by Michael Morton. Raoul Walsh would direct another film version in 1931.[2]

The film was produced by Astra Films and distributed by Pathé Exchange.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Yellow Ticket". The Library of Congress. 1918.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  3. ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Yellow Ticket". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.

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