Rose o' Paradise
- May 13, 1918 (1918-05-13)
English titles
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Rose o' Paradise is a 1918 silent drama film directed by James Young and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was produced by Paralta Plays and distributed through W. W. Hodkinson Corporation, General Film Company and Pathe-Freres.
This was the first film produced under Bessie Barriscale's contract with Paralta Plays, however the first to be released was Madam Who? (1918).[1]
Cast
- Bessie Barriscale - Virginia Singleton
- Howard C. Hickman - Lafe Grandoken
- David Hartford - Jordon Morse
- Norman Kerry - Theodore King
- Edythe Chapman - Peg Grandoken
- William Delmar - Maudlin Bates
- Lucille Young - Molly Merriweather
- Arthur Allardt - Thomas Singleton
Plot
Singleton has a nervous break down when his wife dies during child birth giving birth his daughter who survives the ordeal. He recovers but his half-brother refuses to allow him to leave the asylum. Singleton escapes seventeen years later as he fears his half-brother will steal the fortune his daughter is to inherit on her eighteen birthday.[2]
Preservation
A complete print of Rose o' Paradise is held by the Cinémathèque française in Paris.[3]
References
External links
- Rose o' Paradise at IMDb.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
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