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Paradise (1926 film)

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Paradise
Film poster with Milton Sills and Noah Beery Sr.
Directed byIrvin Willat
Written byPaul Schofield (scenario)
Frances Agnew (intertitles)
Morton Barnard (intertitles)
Based onParadise
by Cosmo Hamilton and John Russell
Produced byRay Rocket
StarringMilton Sills
Betty Bronson
Noah Beery Sr.
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • September 26, 1926 (1926-09-26)
Running time
80 minutes; 8 reels (7,090 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Paradise is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Irvin Willat and released by First National Pictures. The film stars Milton Sills, Betty Bronson, and Noah Beery. Based on the popular 1925 novel Paradise by Cosmo Hamilton and John Russell, it was one of Sills' most successful films.[1][2][3]

Plot

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A stunt pilot, Tony, marries Chrissie and the two are given a tropical island wedding, which is a lot of fun at first. They are considered the King and Queen of their island by the natives. The fun turns into island turmoil at the machinations of island despot Quex.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of Paradise located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

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