| Rose o' Paradise | |
|---|---|
_-_1.jpg.webp) Bessie Barriscale | |
| Directed by | James Young |
| Based on | novel Rose o' Paradise by Grace Miller White c.1915 |
| Produced by | Paralta Plays |
| Starring | Bessie Barriscale |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Distributed by | W. W. Hodkinson Corporation Pathe-Freres |
Release date | May 13, 1918 |
Running time | 1 hour |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
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Rose o' Paradise ad in Motion Picture News, 1917
Rose o' Paradise is a 1918 silent 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.[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 status
- The film is preserved in the Cinematheque Francais archive.[3]
References
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