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 | |
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Directed by | William Parke |
Written by | Tom Cushing |
Based on | The Yellow Ticket by Michael Morton |
Produced by | Astra Film Co. |
Starring | Fannie Ward Milton Sills Warner Oland |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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 of the crimes the state perpetrates against its citizens.
Uncredited cast
The film was produced by Astra Films and distributed by Pathé Exchange.[2]
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