Road to Paradise (1930)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

William Beaudine

Writers:

Dodson Mitchell (play)
F. Hugh Herbert (adaptation)

Release Date:

20 July 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Brilliant Drama of Twin Sisters - One Was Wanted by the Police as a Terror of the Underworld - One by Society as Leader of Its Younger Set! (original ad)

Plot:

A young girl falls in with a gang of criminals. One of their capers is robbing the house of a wealthy socialite who happens to look just like her...

Plot Keywords:

Twin | Sister | Sleeping Pill | Butler | Gunshot Wound

Cast

Loretta Young	...	Mary Brennan / Margaret Waring
Jack Mulhall	...	George Wells
Raymond Hatton	...	Nick
George Barraud	...	Jerry 'The Gent'
Kathlyn Williams	...	Mrs. Wells
Fred Kelsey	...	Police Officer Casey
Purnell Pratt	...	Police Inspector Updike
Ben Hendricks Jr.	...	Flanagan
Dot Farley	...	Lola
Winter Hall	...	Brewster - the Butler
Georgette Rhodes	...	Yvonne - the French Maid

Also Known As:

At Bay (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

74 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Vitaphone (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

Vitaphone production reels #4151-4159 and #4052 (trailer)

Movie Connections:

Remake of Cornered (1924)

Pre-Code Young

Road to Paradise (1930)

** (out of 4)

Incredibly far fetched drama about a young woman (Loretta Young) who helps two criminals rob from her look alike. This is certainly a film you'd have to see to believe because the story is so far fetched that you can never take it serious. The screenwriter made the mistake of making this a drama when it probably would have worked better as a screwball comedy. The ending is so out there you can't help but laugh when it's supposed to be dramatic. Young gives a good performance in her duel role but the rest of the cast is pretty dull. Directed by William Beaudine.