Fool's Paradise (film)

Fool's Paradise
John Davidson, Mildred Harris, Conrad Nagel in Fool's Paradise
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Written by	Sada Cowan Beulah Marie Dix
Based on	"Laurels and the Lady" by Leonard Merrick
Starring	Dorothy Dalton
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff Karl Struss
Edited by	Anne Bauchens
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 9, 1921 (1921-12-09)
Running time	9 reels (8,681 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$291,367.56
Box office	$901,937.79

Fool's Paradise is a 1921 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Dorothy Dalton and Conrad Nagel and was based on the short story "Laurels and the Lady" by Leonard Merrick.^[1]

Cast

Dorothy Dalton as Poll Patchouli
Conrad Nagel as Arthur Phelps
Mildred Harris as Rosa Duchene
Theodore Kosloff as John Roderiguez
John Davidson as Prince Talaat-Ni
Julia Faye as Samaran, His Chief Wife
Clarence Burton as Manuel
Guy Oliver as Briggs
Jacqueline Logan as Girda
Kamuela C. Searle as Kay
Baby Peggy as Child (uncredited)
William Boyd (uncredited)
Gertrude Short as Child (uncredited)

Production notes

Production on the film began on April 4, 1921 and concluded on June 2, 1921. The film's budget was $291,367.56 and it went on to gross $901,937.79 at the box office.^[2]

Preservation status

Prints of Fool's Paradise are preserved at the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[1]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: Fool's Paradise". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
↑ Birchard, Robert (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 165. ISBN 0-813-12636-3.
↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.61 , c. 1978 by The American Film Institute
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fool's Paradise

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fool's Paradise (film).

Fool's Paradise at the Internet Movie Database
Fool's Paradise at AllMovie
Lantern slide and stills at silenthollywood.com

Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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