''A Virgin Paradise'' is a
lost 1921 American silent
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, a ...
produced and distributed by
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...
and starring serial queen
Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials.
Dubbed the "Queen of ...
. It was directed by veteran director
J. Searle Dawley
James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Players ...
.
Progressive Silent Film List: ''A Virgin Paradise''
at silentera.com
Cast
*Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials.
Dubbed the "Queen of ...
as Gratia Latham
* Robert Elliott as Bob Alan
*Jack Baston as Slim (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
*Alan Edwards as Bernard Holt
*Henrietta Floyd as Mrs. Holt
*Grace Beaumont as Constance Holt
*Mary Beth Barnelle as Ruth Hastings
*Lynn Pratt as The Attorney
*Lewis Sealy William Armiger Sealy Lewis (1851 – March 19, 1931), known professionally as Lewis Sealy, was an Irish actor and a film exhibitor.
Career
Sealy was a character actor. A native of Ireland, he worked on the London stage for years. He co-wrote and ...
as Peter Latham (credited as Lewis Seeley)
* Charles Sutton as Captain Mulhall
*Hal Clarendon
Hal Clarendon (1876–1959) was an actor and director in the United States. He had a namesake stock theater company. He appeared in theatrical shows including as a lead. He was slated to direct ''The Other Man'' starring Hobart Henley and Irene Hu ...
as John Latham
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-indust ...
References
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1921 films
American silent feature films
Fox Film films
Lost American films
Films directed by J. Searle Dawley
1921 adventure films
American black-and-white films
American adventure films
Lost adventure films
1921 lost films
1920s American films
Silent adventure films
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