The Passionate Adventure
Also known as Ehe in Gefahr in Germany; L’avventura appasionada in Italy; Aventura apasionada in Venezuela
(1924) England
B&W : Eight reels / 7923 feet
Directed by Graham Cutts
Cast: Alice Joyce [Drusilla Sinclair], Marjorie Daw [Vicky], Clive Brook [Adrien St. Clair], Lilian Hall-Davis [Pamela], Victor McLaglen [Herb Harris], J.R. Tozer (Joseph R. Tozer) [Inspector Stewart Sladen], Mary Brough [Lady Rolis], John F. Hamilton [Bill]
Gainsborough Pictures, Limited, production; distributed by Gaumont British Picture Corporation. / Produced by Michael Balcon. Scenario by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Morton, from the novel The Passionate Adventure by Frank Stayton. Art direction by Alfred Hitchcock. Assistant director, [?] Alfred Hitchcock? Cinematography by Claude L. McDonnell. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / This film was the first production from Gainsborough. The film was released in the USA by Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Incorporated [?] through Selznick Distributing Corporation? on 8 December 1924. The film was released in France by Excella in 1928.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm positive (German intertitles)].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 April 2010.
References: Perry-British p. 50; Taylor-Hitchcock p. 54 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.
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