Passion's Playground

Passion's Playground

period advertisement
Directed by J. A. Barry
Produced by Katherine MacDonald
Written by Charles Norris Williamson
Alice Muriel Williamson
Starring Katherine MacDonald
Norman Kerry
Nell Craig
Cinematography Joseph Brotherton
Production
company
Katherine MacDonald Pictures Corporation
Distributed by First National Exhibitors
Release dates
 April 1920
Running time
 5 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Box office $1 million[1]

Passion's Playground is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by and starring Katherine MacDonald. Rudolph Valentino has a featured part in the film billed as Rudolph Valentine. The film is based on the novel The Guests of Hercules by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson. This film is presumed lost.[2][3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[5] Mary Grant (MacDonald), an orphan, leaves an Italian convent and goes to Monte Carlo where, with beginner's luck, she breaks the bank. When her unsophisticated ways lead men to make unseemly advances, she is protected by Prince Angelo Della Robbia (Valentino), whom she later promises to marry. His brother's wife comes to visit her and she learns that she is Marie Grant (Craig), a former student of the same convent who several years earlier had eloped with a man who then deserted her. When a former sweetheart of her husband accuses her of the deed, she places the blame on Mary. Mary goes to a chateau in the mountains. When her life is threatened by crooks, the Prince, after learning the truth of the matter, comes to her rescue, and a happy ending follows.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) accessed 19 April 2014
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20, published by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. ↑ Passion's Playground at silentera.com
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Passion's Playground
  5. ↑ "Reviews: Passion's Playground". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 10 (18): 73–74. May 1, 1920.
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