''The Three Passions'' is a 1928 British
sound
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drama film
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directed by
Rex Ingram and starring
Alice Terry,
Iván Petrovich and
Shayle Gardner. 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[Low p.160] and was based on a novel by
Cosmo Hamilton. It was filmed on the
French Riviera
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.
Cast
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Alice Terry as Lady Victoria Burlington
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Iván Petrovich as Philip Wrexham
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Shayle Gardner as John Wrexham (Lord Bellamont)
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Clare Eames as Lady Bellamont
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Leslie Faber as Father Aloysius
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Gerald Fielding as Bobbie
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Andrews Engelmann as Hairless Man
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Merle Oberon as Uncredited Extra
See also
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound film, sound, between 1926 and 1929. During this time a variety of recording syst ...
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997.
External links
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Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Three Passions''at silentera.com
1928 films
1928 drama films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Rex Ingram
Films shot in France
Films based on British novels
Silent British drama films
British black-and-white films
1929 drama films
1929 films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
English-language drama films
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