Forbidden Paradise

Forbidden Paradise
File:Forbiddenposterdeutsch.gif Swedish theatrical poster
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Agnes Christine Johnston Hanns Kräly
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1924 (1924-11-30) (U.S.)
Running time	8 reels; 7,543 feet
Country	United States
Languages	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. 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 Bíró. 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.

Cast

Pola Negri and Rod La Rocque

• 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)

See also

• The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount)

External links

• Forbidden Paradise at IMDb
• Forbidden Paradise synopsis at AllMovie