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title: 'Forbidden Paradise (1924)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1924-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-paradise-1924'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014925/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forbidden Paradise (1924)

1924 · 76 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play, The Czarina, by Edward Sheldon, who adapted the Hungarian-language book by Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bíró. The play starred Doris Keane, in one of her last stage roles, as Catherine the Great. Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane. The film stars Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role. Clark Gable makes his second appearance on film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Hanns Kräly](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-kraly)
- **Producer:** [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Van Enger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-van-enger)

## Cast

- [Adolphe Menjou](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolphe-menjou)
- [Pauline Starke](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauline-starke)
- [Fred Malatesta](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-malatesta)
- [Rod La Rocque](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-la-rocque)
- [Pola Negri](https://cinepixo.com/people/pola-negri)
- [Clark Gable](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gable)
- [Carrie Daumery](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-daumery)
- [Leo White](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-white)

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