''The Yellow Passport'' is a

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1916 silent film drama produced and distributed by the World Film Company. Based on Michael Morton's 1914 Broadway play of the same title, it was directed by

Edwin August Edwin August Phillip von der Butz (November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. August was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Christian Brothers College there. He ac ...

and starred

Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era. Early life Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on Septembe ...

. On the stage the lead characters were played by Florence Reed and

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

. Morton's story was filmed several times in the silent era and made as ''

The Yellow Ticket ''The Yellow Ticket'' is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film based on the 1914 play of the same name by Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and Laurence ...

'' in 1931 with Lionel Barrymore and

Elissa Landi Elissa Landi (born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt; December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Austrian-American actress born in Venice, who was popular as a performer in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for her a ...

. A rerelease title for this film was ''The Badge of Shame''.

Plot

Sonia Sokoloff, a young Jewish girl in the

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, is forced to pretend to be a prostitute to obtain a passport (a "

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") in order to visit her father, whom she believes to be ill. When she arrives in Petrograd, 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

as Sonia Sokoloff *

as Adolph Rosenheimer *

John St. Polis John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. Biography St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ...

as Fedia * Alec B. Francis as Myron Abram * John W. Boyle as Carl Rosenheimer *Mrs. David Landau as Mrs. Rosenheimer *

Edward Kimball Edward Marshall Kimball (June 26, 1859 – January 4, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1936. Like many older actors of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, he enjoyed a varied stage ...

as David Sokoloff *Mrs. E.M. Kimball (Pauline Kimball) as Mrs. Sokoloff *Thomas Charles as Fiodor *

Florence Hackett Florence Hackett (née Florence Hart) (January 1882 – August 21, 1954) was an American film actress in the silent era. She was allegedly married to veteran film star Arthur V. Johnson, reputedly D.W. Griffith's favorite actor. Previously sh ...

as Akulena, Fiodor's Wife *Silas Feinberg as Alex Sokoloff *Robert Cummings as Ivan *Nicholas Dunaew as Music Master *

Adolph Lestina Adolph Lestina (1861– August 23, 1923) was an American stage and film actor who was a member of D. W. Griffith's stock company of film actors. Career He received positive notice for his performance in Justin McCarthy's ''If I Were King'' and ...

as Chief of Police

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* * 1916 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films American films based on plays Films directed by Edwin August 1916 drama films American black-and-white films World Film Company films Films about Jews and Judaism Films set in Russia Films with screenplays by Frances Marion Silent American drama films 1916 lost films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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