''Passport to Paradise'' is a 1932 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorshi ...
drama film
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directed by
George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1914) and ''The Exploits o ...
and starring
Jack Mulhall
John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mu ...
,
Blanche Mehaffey
Blanche Mehaffey (July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968) was an American showgirl and film actress.
Early life and career
The daughter of Edward Mehaffey and his wife, soprano Blanche Berndt, she had a brother, Edward Mehaffey Jr. She started as ...
and
Eddie Phillips. It was produced as a
second feature
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for release by the
independent
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* Independ ...
company
Mayfair Pictures.
[Pitts p.246] The film is now considered to be
lost
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.
Synopsis
As part of the terms's of his grandfather's will, Bob has to travel round the world with no money in order to claim his inheritance. He smuggles himself aboard a
cruise ship
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where he is befriended by Elsa who he later discovers is an exiled
princess
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Princess as a subst ...
.
Cast
*
Jack Mulhall
John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mu ...
as Bob
*
Blanche Mehaffey
Blanche Mehaffey (July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968) was an American showgirl and film actress.
Early life and career
The daughter of Edward Mehaffey and his wife, soprano Blanche Berndt, she had a brother, Edward Mehaffey Jr. She started as ...
as Elsa
*
Eddie Phillips as Gordon Battle
* William P. Burt as Amos Turkle
*
Gloria Joy
Gloria Joy (born Corrine Louise Johnson; October 7, 1910 – January 25, 1970) was an American actress whose career began at age seven in 1918 during the silent film era. She mostly performed as a child actress from the late 1910s, through the 1 ...
as Norma
*
John Ince as Ship's Captain
References
Bibliography
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1932 films
1932 drama films
American black-and-white films
American drama films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
Lost American films
Mayfair Pictures films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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