Forbidden Paradise – Silent (1924)

Description

Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play, The Czarina, by Edward Sheldon, who adapted the Hungarian-language book by Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bíró. The play starred Doris Keane, in one of her last stage roles, as Catherine the Great. Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane. The film stars Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role. Clark Gable makes his second appearance on film.

Cast:

• Pola Negri as Catherine (the Czarina)
• Rod La Rocque as Capt. Alexei Czerny
• Adolphe Menjou as Chancellor
• Pauline Starke as Anna
• Fred Malatesta as French ambassador
• Nick De Ruiz as The General
• Carrie Daumery as Lady-in-Waiting
• Clark Gable as Soldier in Czarina’s guard (uncredited)
• Carlton Griffin as Officer (uncredited)
• William Quinn (uncredited)
• Leo White as Driver (uncredited)