| Forbidden Paradise | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Agnes Christine Johnston Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | The Czarina by Edward Sheldon |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 8 reels; 7,543 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play, The Czarina, by Edward Sheldon, who adapted the Hungarian-language book by Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bíró. The play starred Doris Keane, in one of her last stage roles, as Catherine the Great. Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane. The film stars Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role. Clark Gable makes his second appearance on film.[1][2][3]
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: 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