The Yellow Passport

The Yellow Passport
Still of Clara Kimball Young reacting to Edwin August punching John St. Polis
Directed byEdwin August
Written byAbraham S. Schomer (author)[1]
Frances Marion (scenario)
Edwin August (scenario)
Based onThe Yellow Ticket
by Michael Morton
StarringClara Kimball Young
CinematographyPhilip Hatkin
Production
company
World Film
Distributed byWorld Film
Release date
  • February 7, 1916 (1916-02-07)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Yellow Passport is a lost 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 and starred Clara Kimball Young. On the stage the lead characters were played by Florence Reed and John Barrymore. Morton's story was filmed several times in the silent era and made as The Yellow Ticket in 1931 with Lionel Barrymore and Elissa Landi.[2][3]

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

  1. ^ Ad for the American film Ruling Passions (1918)
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. ^ Greta de Groat. "The Yellow Passport". stanford.edu.