Paradise (1928 film)

1928 film

Paradise

Directed by| Denison Clift
Written by|

* Philip Gibbs
* Violet E. Powell

Starring|

* Betty Balfour
* Joseph Striker
* Alexander D'Arcy
* Winter Hall

Cinematography| René Guissart
Edited by| Emile de Ruelle

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed by| Wardour Films

Release date

* 10 September 1928 (1928-09-10)

Running time

| 7,246 feet[1]
Country| United Kingdom
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

Paradise is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Betty Balfour, Joseph Striker and Alexander D'Arcy. The screenplay concerns a clergyman's daughter who wins £500, and decides to take a holiday on the French Riviera. There she became ensnared by a foreign fortune hunter, but her true love comes and rescues her.[2]

## Cast

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* Betty Balfour as Kitty Cranston
* Joseph Striker as Dr. John Halliday
* Alexander D'Arcy as Spirdoff
* Winter Hall as Reverend Cranston
* Barbara Gott as Lady Liverage
* Dino Galvani as Manager
* Boris Ranevsky as Commissionaire
* Albert Brouett as Detective
* Ina De La Haye as Douchka

## References

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1. ^ Low p.425
2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | PARADISE (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

## Bibliography

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* Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

## External links

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* Paradise at IMDb

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Films directed by Denison Clift

* The Last Straw (1920)
* The Iron Heart (1920)
* The Diamond Necklace (1921)
* Demos (1921)
* A Woman of No Importance (1921)
* Sonia (1921)
* The Old Wives' Tale (1921)
* Bentley's Conscience (1922)
* Diana of the Crossways (1922)
* A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
* This Freedom (1923)
* Out to Win (1923)
* The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923)
* Honor Among Men (1924)
* Great Diamond Mystery (1924)
* Flames of Desire (1924)
* Ports of Call (1925)
* Paradise (1928)
* High Seas (1929)
* Taxi for Two (1929)
* City of Play (1929)
* The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

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