Forbidden Paradise
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.[1][2][3]
| Forbidden Paradise | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Agnes Christine Johnston Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | The Czarina by Edward Sheldon |
| Starring | Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 reels; 7,543 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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)
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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