''The Passionate Pilgrim'' is a 1921 American

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director. A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later mov ...

and written by Samuel Merwin and George DuBois Proctor. The film stars Matt Moore, Mary Newcomb,

Julia Swayne Gordon Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith; October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933) was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933. Early years Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Louis and Anna Smith and wa ...

, Tom Guise, Frankie Mann,

Rubye De Remer Rubye De Remer (born Ruby Burkhard; January 9, 1892 – March 18, 1984) was an American dancer and actress in silent films. She began her stage career with the ''Midnight Frolic'', a Florenz Ziegfeld show, in New York City. Film actress Her fir ...

and

Claire Whitney Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost. Whitney gained early acting experience with a ...

. The film was released on January 2, 1921, by

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Plot

The character of Henry Calverly goes to prison in order to protect his mother who killed her husband.

Cast

* Matt Moore as Henry Calverly * Mary Newcomb as Cecily *

as Madame Watt *

Tom Guise Tom Guise (1857–1930) was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in numerous films in the decade spanning 1917 to 1927. He was one of the popular stars in the film adaptation of the controversial book '' Black Oxen''. His performanc ...

as Senator Watt * Frankie Mann as Marjorie Daw *

as Miriam Calverly *

as Esther *

Van Dyke Brooke Van Dyke Brooke, ''né'' Stewart McKerrow (22 June 1859–17 September 1921) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include '' The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1908) and '' Lights of New ...

as Hitt * Charles K. Gerrard as Qualters *Sam J. Ryan as Major McIntyre *

Arthur Donaldson Arthur William Donaldson (13 December 1901 – 18 January 1993) was a Scottish journalist and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was leader of the Scottish National Party from 1960 to 1969. Early years Donaldson was born in Dundee, ...

as O'Rell *

Albert Roccardi Albert Roccardi (9 May 1864 – 14 May 1934) was an Italian actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1933. He was born in Rome and died in Paris, France. Partial filmography * '' Mr. Barnes of New York'' ...

as Amme *

Bernard A. Reinold Bernard Adolph Reinold (1860 – March 19, 1940) was an American stage actor. He also used the stage name of Adolph Bernard. Reinhold was born in Manhattan. He ran away to sea at age 15 to avoid having to follow his father (Bernard Henry Reinhold, ...

as Listerly *Charles Brook as Trent *

Helen Lindroth Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress. Biography Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the K ...

as Nurse Russell

Preservation status

An incomplete print survives in the Library of Congress collection. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..The Passionate Pilgrim''
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References

External links

* * 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Robert G. Vignola American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub