The Yellow Ticket (1918 film)

The Yellow Ticket
period advertisement
Directed by William Parke
Produced by Astra Films
Written by Tom Cushing
Based on The Yellow Ticket
by Michael Morton
Starring Fannie Ward
Milton Sills
Warner Oland
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • May 26, 1918 (1918-05-26)
Running time
5 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

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.

Plot

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.

Cast

unbilled

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

Production

It was produced by Astra Films with distribution through Pathé Exchange.[1]

Preservation status

The Yellow Ticket is a lost film[2].

See also

References

  1. "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Yellow Ticket". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  2. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Yellow Ticket". The Library of Congress.
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