The Three Passions

The Three Passions is a 1928 British sound drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Alice Terry, Iván Petrovich and Shayle Gardner.^[1] 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^[2] and was based on a novel by Cosmo Hamilton. It was filmed on the French Riviera.

The Three Passions
Directed by	Rex Ingram
Written by	Rex Ingram
Based on	The Three Passions by Cosmo Hamilton
Produced by	Rex Ingram
Starring	Alice Terry Iván Petrovich Shayle Gardner Clare Eames
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Production company	St. George Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists (UK) United Artists (US)
Release dates	December 1928 (1928-12) (U.K.) January 1929 (1929-01) (U.S.)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

Cast

• Alice Terry as Lady Victoria Burlington
• Iván Petrovich as Philip Wrexham
• Shayle Gardner as John Wrexham (Lord Bellamont)
• Clare Eames as Lady Bellamont
• Leslie Faber as Father Aloysius
• Gerald Fielding as Bobbie
• Andrews Engelmann as Hairless Man
• Merle Oberon as Uncredited Extra

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. BFI entry^{[dead link]}
2. Low p.160

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• The Three Passions at IMDb
• Progressive Silent Film List: The Three Passions at silentera.com