Paths to Paradise

Paths to Paradise is a 1925 silent comedy directed by Clarence Badger, produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1914 play, The Heart of a Thief, by Paul Armstrong, and stars Raymond Griffith and Betty Compson. The film was lost for many decades until an incomplete print surfaced in the 1970s. Essentially complete, the film is missing its final reel, which is usually filled in with synopsis by historians and film fans.^[1][2][3]

Paths to Paradise
Directed by	Clarence Badger
Written by	Paul Armstrong (play:The Heart of a Thief) Keene Thompson (scenario)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Raymond Griffith Betty Compson Thomas Santschi Edgar Kennedy
Cinematography	H. Kinley Martin
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 29, 1925 (1925-06-29)
Running time	7 reels (6,741 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

Plot

A con man posing as an undercover detective posing as a tourist from Duluth tricks the Chinatown thief Molly into giving him all of her money as a bribe to avoid arrest. Later, they decide to team up and steal a necklace. They escape from California State Police across the Mexico–United States border into Baja California, but decide to go straight, return the necklace, and settle down.

Cast

• Raymond Griffith as The Dude from Duluth
• Betty Compson as Molly
• Thomas Santschi as Chief of Detectives Callahan
• Bert Woodruff as Bride's Father
• Fred Kelsey as Confederate

uncredited

• Clem Beauchamp

References

1. Paths to Paradise at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
2. The Heart of a Thief as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre beginning October 5, 1914; IBDb.com Retrieved November 18, 2022.
3. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971.

External links

• Paths to Paradise at IMDb
• Paths to Paradise at AllMovie