The Passion Flower

For other films with the same or similar titles, see Passion Flower (disambiguation).

The Passion Flower
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Directed byHerbert Brenon
Written byHerbert Brenon
Mary Murillo
Based onplay The Unloved Woman
by Jacinto Benavente
Produced byNorma Talmadge
StarringNorma Talmadge
Courtenay Foote
Eulalie Jensen
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Production
company
Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release date
  • April 3, 1921 (1921-04-03)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$182,039.88[1]

The Passion Flower is a 1921 American drama film starring Norma Talmadge, Courtenay Foote, and Eulalie Jensen, and directed by Herbert Brenon. It is based on the 1913 Spanish play The Unloved Woman (Spanish: La malquerida) by Jacinto Benavente.[2] The play was translated into English by John Garrett Underhill as The Passion Flower and successfully produced in 1920 in New York City.[3] The plot of the film involves the forbidden love of a man for his stepdaughter which leads to tragedy and murder.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CourtOpinion was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Passion Flower". silentera.com. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  3. ^ The Passion Flower at the Greenwich Village Theatre (Jan 13, 1920 - May 1920)