The Yellow Ticket (1931)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Guy Bolton (writer)
Jules Furthman (writer)

Release Date:

30 October 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Helpless, hopeless, in heartless Russia

Plot:

A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British...

Plot Keywords:

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Cast

Elissa Landi	...	Marya Kalish
Lionel Barrymore	...	Baron Igor Andrey
Laurence Olivier	...	Julian Rolfe
Walter Byron	...	Count Nikolai
Frederick Burt
Arnold Korff	...	Grandfather Kalish
Mischa Auer	...	Melchior
Edwin Maxwell	...	Police Agent
Rita La Roy	...	Fania Rubinstein
Sarah Padden	...	Mother Kalish
Boris Karloff	...	Orderly
Alex Melesh	...	Police Agent

Also Known As:

The Yellow Passport (UK)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1932)

Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Movie Connections:

Version of The Yellow Passport (1916)

KARLOFF AND BARRYMORE MEET FOR THE THIRD FILM!

This was the third film in which Lionel Barrymore and Karloff met. This was a big step for Karloff to be appearing with Barrymore, who was a super star in those days along with Laurence Olivier. This film takes place in Russia, in the year 1913, Mary Kalish(Elissa Landi) is a Jewish girl, and finds out that her father is dying in a St. Petersburg prison. During this period, Jews were not able to travel without passports and she has to get a "yellow ticket", which is given to prostitutes. Having arrived at the prison, she learns her father has already passed away. She meets and falls in love with Julian Rolfe (Laurence Olivier), a British newspaperman. Karloff played the role of an alcholic orderly for Lionel Barrymore who attempts to molest Landi in a park. This film story line resembles the Opera "Tosca". This was a good start for Karloff's great career in films.