Rose o' Paradise is a 1918 American silent drama 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 Pathé-Freres.
This was the first film produced under Bessie Barriscale's contract with Paralta Plays, however the first to be released was Madam Who? (1918).
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 Thomas Singleton has a nervous breakdown when his wife dies while giving birth to his daughter, Virginia, who survives the ordeal. He is committed to an asylum. When he recovers, his half-brother does not allow him to leave the asylum. Thomas escapes seventeen years later, as he fears his half-brother will steal the fortune his daughter is to inherit on her eighteenth birthday.
Preservation A complete print of Rose o' Paradise is held by the Cinémathèque française in Paris.
References
External links Rose o' Paradise at IMDb.com