Playthings of Passion
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| Playthings of Passion | |
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_1.jpg) W. Lawson Butt and Kitty Gordon | |
| Directed by | Wallace Worsley |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Based on | a story by William Anthony McGuire |
| Produced by | Robert Brunton |
| Starring | Kitty Gordon |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
Production company | United Picture Theatres of America |
| Distributed by | United Picture Theatres of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent...English intertitles |
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Playthings of Passion is a lost[1] 1919 drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Kitty Gordon.[2] It was produced and released by United Picture Theatres of America.[3]
As described by Moving Picture World,[4] a young woman marries a man for his money, while she squanders his wealth on fine clothes and bridge, an evangelist of the slums calls on him for financial aid. The evangelist is invited to the rich man's home and is requested to try to interest his wife in his mission work for the purpose of diverting her mind from the frivolity. The experiment results in the woman and her spiritual guide falling in love. Called to task by the husband, the evangelist promises to cure the woman of her infatuation for him, and on her next visit to the mission he sets the scene for his own disgrace as a drunkard. The woman turns in disgust from the evangelist to her own husband, discovering that she has suddenly acquired an affection for the man she married.
Cast
- Kitty Gordon - Helen Rowland
- Mahlon Hamilton - Henry Rowland
- Lawson Butt - John Sterling (*as W. Lawson Butt)
- Richard Rosson - Spiffy (*as Dick Rosson)
Production
After two and a half months of filming, the film was completed in mid-March 1919 at the Robert Brunton Studios.[5]
Release
For the exhibition of Playthings of Passion in Pennsylvania, the title was ordered by the Pennsylvania Board of Censors to be changed to Playthings of Fate before it could be released. Copies of the film had to be quickly altered, and new posters, slides, and lobby displays had to be printed.[6]
