Pagan Passions

Pagan Passions is a lost 1924 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Wyndham Standing, June Elvidge, and Barbara Bedford.^[1][2]

Pagan Passions
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Directed by	Colin Campbell
Written by	Grace Sanderson Michie (story)
Starring	Wyndham Standing June Elvidge Barbara Bedford
Cinematography	Joseph Brotherton
Production company	Rellimeo Film Syndicate
Distributed by	Selznick Pictures
Release date	March 1924 (1924-03)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] when her husband commits suicide, Dreka Langley leaves her new-born baby with a family in China and falls in love with John Dangerfield, a married man. The two live in the Chinese underworld and Mrs. Dangerfield obtains a divorce. Years later, Dangerfield reforms and seeks seclusion in a Chinese monastery, where he meets and adopts Billy, who is the boy that was deserted by Dreka. Billy is sent to an American college where he meets and falls in love with Shirley, who is Dangerfield's daughter. Billy believes his supposed half-caste nationality is a bar to their marriage, which is removed when Dreka, before dying, identifies Billy as her son. Dangerfield wins back his wife and all ends well.

Cast

• Wyndham Standing as John Dangerfield
• June Elvidge as Mrs. Dangerfield
• Barbara Bedford as Shirley Dangerfield
• Raymond McKee as Billy Dangerfield
• Sam De Grasse as Frank Langley
• Rosemary Theby as Dreka Langley
• Tully Marshall as Dr. Trask
• Dick Brandon as Little Boy (uncredited)

Preservation

With no copies of Pagan Passions located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.