Passion Flower (1930 film)

Passion Flower
Directed by	William C. deMille (uncredited)
Produced by	William C. deMille (uncredited)
Written by	Martin Flavin (adaptation and dialogue) L. E. Johnson (additional dialogue) Edith Fitzgerald (additional dialogue)
Based on	novel Passion Flower by Kathleen Norris^[1]
Starring	Kay Francis Kay Johnson Charles Bickford
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	December 6, 1930 (1930-12-06)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Passion Flower is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed and produced by William C. deMille and starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford in a romantic triangle. This was Ray Milland's American film debut, in an uncredited part.

Cast

Kay Francis as Dulce Morado
Kay Johnson as Katherine Pringle Wallace
Charles Bickford as Dan Wallace
Winter Hall as Leroy Pringle
Lewis Stone as Antonio Morado
ZaSu Pitts as Mrs. Harney
Dickie Moore as Tommy

Reception

New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall praised the performances of most of the credited cast, in particular that of Kay Francis.^[1] However, he felt the film was dragged down by "strained psychology, strangely vacillating characters and uneven dialogue."^[1]

References

1 2 3 Mordaunt Hall (December 22, 1930). "Passion Flower (1930)". The New York Times.

External links

Passion Flower at the Internet Movie Database
Passion Flower at the TCM Movie Database
Passion Flower at AllMovie

Films directed by William C. deMille

1910s	The Only Son (1914) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) Peg o' My Heart (1919)

1920s	The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923) Icebound (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Fast Set (1924) Locked Doors (1925) Men and Women (1925) Lost: A Wife (1925) New Brooms (1925) The Splendid Crime (1926) The Runaway (1926) For Alimony Only (1926) The Little Adventuress (1927) Craig's Wife (1928) Tenth Avenue (1928) The Doctor's Secret (1929) The Man Higher Up (1929) The Idle Rich (1929)

1930s	Passion Flower (1930) Two Kinds of Women (1932) His Double Life (1933)

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