Beasts of Paradise

Beasts of Paradise
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Directed by	William James Craft
Written by	Val Cleveland
Starring	William Desmond Eileen Sedgwick
Production company	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release dates	October 1, 1923 (1923-10-01)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Beasts of Paradise is a 1923 American adventure silent film serial directed by William James Craft. The film stars William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick and was produced and released by Universal Film Manufacturing Co.. The survival status of the movie is presumed to be lost.^[1]

Synopsis

The story is told in 15 episodes which Universal advertised as: Laid aboard ship and on a mysterious island in the South Seas, the picture plot admitted of romantic and suspenseful handling. The action includes much jungle stuff and adventures on the part of the leading characters in which wild animals figure. These punch scenes include fights with lions, alligators, elephants and other jungle denizens. Especial pains were taken at Universal City, which boasts the best menagerie in the film industry, to inject real suspense and dangerous situations into the animal sequences. The sea sequences also were made with an eye to the outdoing of all previous serial thrills. Under-water fights, shark fights, submarine adventures and other aquatic thrills figure in many of the fifteen episodes of the serial.^[2]

List of episodes

Episode 1 - The Mystery Ships
Episode 2 - Unseen Perils
Episode 3 - The Typhoon
Episode 4 - The Sea Raider
Episode 5 - The Tidewater Trap
Episode 6 - The Alligator Attacks
Episode 7 - The Deluge
Episode 8 - The Mutiny
Episode 9 - Ship Aflame
Episode 10 - The Mad Elephant Charge
Episode 11 - Smothered in the Sands
Episode 12 - Millions in Gold
Episode 13 - Into the Bloodhounds Jaws
Episode 14 - Into the Whirlpool
Episode 15 - The Trail's End

Cast

William Desmond - Phil Grant
Eileen Sedgwick - Helen Frazer
William Gould (as William N. Gould)
Ruth Royce - Marie Verne
Margaret Morris - Tilah
James Welsh (as Jim Welsh)
Clark Comstock
Joe Bonomo - Big Jack
Slim Cole
Alfred Fisher
Gordon McGregor
William Welsh (as William J. Welsh)

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Beasts of Paradise". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
↑ "Beasts of Paradise Completed at "U" City". Universal Weekly 18 (18): 28. December 1923.

External links

Beasts of Paradise at the Internet Movie Database

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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