---
title: 'Fool''s Paradise (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1921-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fools-paradise-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012181/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fool's Paradise (1921)

1921 · 90 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Fool's Paradise is a 1921 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Dorothy Dalton and Conrad Nagel. The film was based on the short story "Laurels and the Lady" by Leonard Merrick published in his 1908 collection The Man Who Understood Women. It was adapted for the screen by Sada Cowan and Beulah Marie Dix.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Beulah Marie Dix](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-marie-dix)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Struss](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-struss)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye)
- [Guy Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-oliver)
- [William Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-boyd-2)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)
- [Theodore Kosloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-kosloff)
- [Mildred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-harris)
- [Jacqueline Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-logan)
- [Diana Serra Cary](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-serra-cary)
- [Dorothy Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-dalton)

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