The Far Paradise

The Far Paradise is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by Paulette McDonagh and starring Marie Lorraine the stage name of Isabel McDonagh. This is the second feature from the McDonagh sisters. The film is an emotional romance of an innocent young woman, Cherry Carson (Marie Lorraine), forbidden to continue the relationship with the man she loves, Peter Lawton, because he is the son of her father's enemy. After disrupting their affair the father goes into hiding with Cherry. Later Peter finds her in poverty, supporting her drinking father.

Graham Shirley in Australian Cinema commented: "...one of the best-directed of all Australian features prior to the coming of sound."

The film's interiors were shot at the McDonagh family home, Drummoyne House, Sydney, and the exteriors in the Burragorang Valley and the Bondi studios of Australasian Films.

Cast

• Marie Lorraine as Cherry Carson
• Gaston Mervale as James Carson
• Arthur McLaglen as Karl Rossi
• John Faulkner as Howard Lawton
• Paul Longuet as Peter Lawton
• Arthur Clarke as Lee Farmer
• Harry Halley as Brock

References

• Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 21. ISBN 1-86373-311-6. 
• The Far Paradise at the NSFA
• The Argus, Melbourne, Saturday 21 April 1928.

External links

• The Far Paradise at the Internet Movie Database