The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket is a 1931 preCode American drama film based on the 1914 play of the same name by Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by Raoul Walsh. The film starred Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and featured Boris Karloff. The film is also noted for its brief glimpse of nudity.

When martial law is declared in Russia, all Jews are restricted to their villages. The authorities are unsympathetic to Marya Elissa Landi when she wants to travel to see her dying father. Marya learns that a card, called the yellow ticket, is issued to prostitutes and allows them to travel freely.Marya gets a yellow ticket. In St. Petersburg, Baron Andrey Lionel Barrymore, a corrupt police official, prevents his lecherous nephew, Captain Nikolai, from forcing himself on Marya. ........

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