By Violet LeVoit
Road to Paradise
Brief Synopsis
A delinquent girl helps a criminal gang rob her look-alike.
Cast & Crew
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William Beaudine
Director
Loretta Young
Margaret Waring/Mary Brennan
Jack Mulhall
George Wells
George Barraud
Jerry, the Gent
Raymond Hatton
Nick, Jerry's pal
Purnell Pratt
Updike
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul
20,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Cornered by Dodson Mitchell, Zelda Sears (New York, Dec 1920).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 16m
Sound
Vitaphone
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
6,935ft
(9 reels)
Synopsis
Mary Brennan, an orphan reared by Nick and Jerry the Gent, two thieves, bears a strong resemblance to Margaret Waring, an heiress. Against her will, Mary is persuaded to go with her guardians to the Waring mansion and impersonate Margaret in the latter's absence. Mrs. Wells's son, George, though at first deceived by the disguise, senses that Mary is not Margaret and falls in love with her. Later, as Mary, Nick, and Jerry are entering the safe, Margaret returns and Jerry wounds her; Mary tricks the police into believing that Margaret is the thief; George sees through the ruse, but protects her out of love. Through a pair of lockets, Margaret discovers that Mary is a long-lost twin sister; thus, the prosecution is dropped and George's proposal is accepted by Mary.
Director
William Beaudine
Director
Cast
Loretta Young
Margaret Waring/Mary Brennan
Jack Mulhall
George Wells
George Barraud
Jerry, the Gent
Raymond Hatton
Nick, Jerry's pal
Purnell Pratt
Updike
Kathlyn Williams
Mrs. Wells
Dot Farley
Lola
Winter Hall
Brewster
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Flanagan
Georgette Rhodes
Yvonne
Fred Kelsey
Casey
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul
20,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Cornered by Dodson Mitchell, Zelda Sears (New York, Dec 1920).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 16m
Sound
Vitaphone
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
6,935ft
(9 reels)
Articles
Road to Paradise (1930) - Road to Paradise
A gangster-y, pre-Code "princess and the pauper" storyline has a 17-year old Loretta Young playing two roles, naughty and nice. Two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) sense opportunity when they realize their adopted daughter Mary (Young, with beret and dangling cigarette) looks a lot like ravishing heiress Margaret Waring (Young in silk and marcel waves). They hatch a plan wherein their gal Mary gains entrance to the Waring family compound by pretending to be Margaret. But the plot thickens when Margaret's fiance George (former Arrow Collar model Jack Mulhall) realizes he can tell the difference -- and he prefers Mary. Director William Beaudine remade his own movie Cornered (1924) when accepting this assignment from First National, the newly acquired subsidiary of Warner Brothers.
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Road to Paradise (1930) - Road to Paradise
A gangster-y, pre-Code "princess and the pauper" storyline has a 17-year old Loretta Young playing two roles, naughty and nice. Two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) sense opportunity when they realize their adopted daughter Mary (Young, with beret and dangling cigarette) looks a lot like ravishing heiress Margaret Waring (Young in silk and marcel waves). They hatch a plan wherein their gal Mary gains entrance to the Waring family compound by pretending to be Margaret. But the plot thickens when Margaret's fiance George (former Arrow Collar model Jack Mulhall) realizes he can tell the difference -- and he prefers Mary. Director William Beaudine remade his own movie Cornered (1924) when accepting this assignment from First National, the newly acquired subsidiary of Warner Brothers.
By Violet LeVoit
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A silent version, made in 1924 and entitled Cornered, was also directed by William Beaudine.
