The Passion Flower
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| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Produced by | Norma Talmadge |
| Written by | Herbert Brenon Mary Murillo |
| Based on | play The Unloved Woman by Jacinto Benavente |
| Starring | Norma Talmadge Courtenay Foote Eulalie Jensen |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
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Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
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| Distributed by | Associated First National Pictures |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Passion Flower is a 1921 American drama film starring Norma Talmadge, Courtenay Foote and Eulalie Jensen, and directed by Herbert Brenon. It is based on the 1913 Spanish play The Unloved Woman by Jacinto Benavente. The forbidden love of a man for his stepdaughter leads to tragedy and murder.
The Library of Congress has a print, though there is a bit of deterioration in the first scene and a "lapse of continuity" near the end of this copy.
As described in a film publication, Esteban's (Foote) jealousy for his stepdaughter Acacia (Talmadge) results in his servant Rubio (Wilson) telling Acacia's sweetheart Norbert (Ford) that she loves another. Their betrothal is broken, and later Acacia accepts Faustino (Agnew). Rubio kills Faustino, and Norbert is tried for the crime but acquitted. When it becomes known that Esteban was the cause of the murder, he flees into the mountains, but later returns to give himself up. Raimunda (Jensen), Acacia's mother and Esteban's wife, pleads with Acacia to accept the stepfather whom she hates. During the long embrace which follows between Esteban and Acacia, Raimunda learns of Esteban's love for his stepdaughter and her own love turns to hate. Raimunda calls for help and during Esteban's attempt to escape with Acacia he shoots his wife and is then arrested. Raimunda dies in the arms of Acacia.
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