Rose o' Paradise

Rose o' Paradise is a 1918 silent drama film directed by James Young and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was produced by Paralta Plays and distributed through W. W. Hodkinson Corporation, General Film Company and Pathe-Freres.

Rose o' Paradise
Bessie Barriscale
Directed by	James Young
Written by	James Young (adaptation) Grace Miller White (novel)
Starring	Bessie Barriscale
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Production company	Paralta Plays
Distributed by	W. W. Hodkinson Corporation Pathe-Freres
Release date	May 13, 1918 (1918-05-13)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English titles

Rose o' Paradise ad in Motion Picture News, 1917

This was the first film produced under Bessie Barriscale's contract with Paralta Plays, however the first to be released was Madam Who? (1918).^[1]

Cast

• Bessie Barriscale - Virginia Singleton
• Howard C. Hickman - Lafe Grandoken
• David Hartford - Jordon Morse
• Norman Kerry - Theodore King
• Edythe Chapman - Peg Grandoken
• William Delmar - Maudlin Bates
• Lucille Young - Molly Merriweather
• Arthur Allardt - Thomas Singleton

Plot

Thomas Singleton has a nervous breakdown when his wife dies while giving birth to his daughter, Virginia, who survives the ordeal. He is committed to an asylum. When he recovers, his half-brother does not allow him to leave the asylum. Thomas escapes seventeen years later, as he fears his half-brother will steal the fortune his daughter is to inherit on her eighteenth birthday.^[2]

Preservation

A complete print of Rose o' Paradise is held by the Cinémathèque française in Paris.^[3]