Forbidden Paradise
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| Forbidden Paradise | |
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 Swedish theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Play: The Czarina Edward Sheldon Book: Lajos Biró Melchior Lengyel Screenplay: Agnes Christine Johnston Hanns Kräly |
| Starring | Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 30 November, 1924 (US) |
| Running time | 8 reels; 7,543 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by German film director Ernst Lubitsch, a recent immigrant to the United States. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play, The Czarina, by Edward Sheldon who adapted the Hungarian language book of Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Biró. The play starred Doris Keane, in one of her last stage roles, about Catherine the Great. Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane. The film starred Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role. The film marked Clark Gable's second film appearance.[1][2][3]
[edit] Cast
- Pola Negri as Catherine (the Czarina)
- Rod La Rocque as Capt. Alexei Czerny
- Adolphe Menjou as Chancellor
- Pauline Starke as Anna
- Fred Malatesta as French ambassador
- Nick De Ruiz as The General
- Carrie Daumery as Lady-in-Waiting
- Clark Gable as Soldier in Czarina's guard (uncredited)
[edit] References
- ^ Forbidden Paradise at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ The Czarina as produced on Broadway at The Empire Theatre, by Charles Frohman Inc.; January 31, 1922 to May 1922; IBDb.com
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