Road to Paradise (film)
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Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 20, 1930 (1930-07-20) Writer Dodson Mitchell (play), F. Hugh Herbert (adaptation) Cast (Mary Brennan / Margaret Waring), (George Wells), (Nick), (Inspector Updike), (Jerry "The Gent"), (Nurse) Similar movies The Art of the Steal , Entrapment , The Eye , The Collector , Howards End , Thief Tagline IT'S A WOW! |
Road to Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall and Raymond Hatton. It was directed by William Beaudine and is based on a 1920 play Dodson Mitchell by Zelda Sears called Cornered. The film was a remake of a 1924 silent version, entitled Cornered, which was also directed by William Beaudine.
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Plot

Loretta Young plays the part of an orphan who has been raised by two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) and does not know that she has a twin sister who is now a wealthy socialite (Loretta Young as Margaret Waring). One day, while she is dining at a Chinese restaurant with her two guardians, they notice the wealthy socialite and are taken aback at how closely she resembles Young. Hatton and Barraud convince Young that she should impersonate the socialite so that they can enter her house and steal the contents of her safe. Young enters the house and meet Jack Mulhall who senses something different about Waring and immediately falls in love with Young. When night falls, Young lets Hatton and Barraud into the house and they attempt to open the safe. Waring happens to enter the house and is shocked to find a woman that looks like her. She is wounded by Barraud and Young tricks the police into thinking that Waring is an imposter and thief. Even though Mulhall knows the truth, he keeps quiet because he is in love with Young. Eventually Young discovers that Waring is her twin sister when they discover that they have matching lockets. The charges against Waring are dropped and Young accepts Mulhall's proposal of marriage.
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Preservation status
The film survives intact has been shown on television and cable. Road to Paradise has been preserved at the Library of Congress.
Home media
The film is available on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection as a double bill with another Loretta Young film Week-End Marriage.
References
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