The Passionate Pilgrim


1921

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1921
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca1 Jan 1921
Production Company
Cosmopolitan Productions
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Passionate Pilgrim, Being the Narrative of an Oddly Dramatic Year in the Life of Henry Calverly, 3rd by Samuel Merwin (Indianapolis, 1919).

Synopsis

Author Henry Calverly serves a 3-year sentence to protect Madame Watt, his mother-in-law, who killed her husband. During this time, his wife Cecily dies. Upon his release, he obtains a job as a reporter, under the name of Stafford, with a newspaper owned by the Cantey estate. He writes an exposé of Mayor Tim McIntyre, who through his alliance with Qualters, a trustee of the estate, has Calverly fired. Majorie Daw, a "sob-writer" for the newspapers, arranges for him to assist Miriam Cantey, invalid daughter of the testator, in writing a biography of her father. Calverly and Miriam fall in love, and her intense attachment hastens her recovery. Together they expose Qualters and McIntyre, who have been conspiring against her; and Miriam announces Calverly as her future husband.

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1921
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca1 Jan 1921
Production Company
Cosmopolitan Productions
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Passionate Pilgrim, Being the Narrative of an Oddly Dramatic Year in the Life of Henry Calverly, 3rd by Samuel Merwin (Indianapolis, 1919).

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George Dubois Proctor is given credit in most sources for the scenario, but the copyright records credit Donnah Darrell instead.