Road to Paradise (film)

Road to Paradise
Directed by William Beaudine
Produced by First National Pictures
Written by F. Hugh Herbert
Based on the play Cornered 
by Dodson Mitchell and Zelda Sears
Starring Loretta Young
Jack Mulhall
Raymond Hatton
Music by Leo F. Forbstein
Cinematography John F. Seitz
Edited by Edward Schroeder
Production
company
First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Distributed by First National
Release dates
  • July 20, 1930
Running time
 74 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Road to Paradise is a 1930 all-talking pre-code drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and starring Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall and Raymond Hatton. It was directed by William Beaudine and is based on a 1920 Dodson Mitchell play called Cornered.[1] The film was a remake of a 1924 silent version, entitled Cornered, which was also directed by William Beaudine.

Synopsis

Loretta Young plays the part of an orphan who has been raised by two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) and does not know that she has a twin sister who is now a wealthy socialite (Loretta Young as Margaret Waring). One day, while she is dining at a Chinese restaurant with her two guardians, they notice the wealthy socialite and are taken aback at how closely she resembles Young. Hatton and Barraud convince Young that she should impersonate the socialite so that they can enter her house and steal the contents of her safe. Young enters the house and meet Jack Mulhall who senses something different about Waring and immediately falls in love with Young. When night falls, Young lets Hatton and Barraud into the house and they attempt to open the safe. Waring happens to enter the house and is shocked to find a woman that looks like her. She is wounded by Barraud and Young tricks the police into thinking that Waring is an imposter and thief. Even though Mulhall knows the truth, he keeps quiet because he is in love with Young. Eventually Young discovers that Waring is her twin sister when they discover that they have matching lockets. The charges against Waring are dropped and Young accepts Mulhall's proposal of marriage.

Preservation

The film survives intact has been showed on television and cable. Road to Paradise has been preserved at the Library of Congress.[2][3] The film is available on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection as a double bill with another Loretta Young film Week-End Marriage.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Cornered as produced on Broadway December 8 1920 to April 1921, Astor Theatre, 143 performances; IBDB.com
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress page 153 by The American Film Institute, c.1978

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