A Thief in Paradise (1925)
80 min
Years of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a precarious living by diving for pearls with Philip Jardine, the disinherited son of a San Francisco millionaire. When Philip is killed by a shark, his half caste common-law wife, Rosa, informs Maurice that Philip had been forgiven by his father, and she persuades him to assume Philip's identity and return to the States - The film is now considered a lost film.
- Release date
- June 18, 1925
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Doris Kenyon as Helen Saville
- Ronald Colman as Maurice Blake
- Aileen Pringle as Rosa Carmino
- Claude Gillingwater as Noel Jardine
- Alec B. Francis as Bishop Saville
- John Patrick as Ned Whalen
- Charles Youree as Philip Jardine
- Etta Lee as Rosa's Maid
- Lon Poff as Jardine's Secretary
- Nita Cavalier as Flapper
Crew
- George Fitzmaurice · Director
- Frances Marion · Writer
- Leonard Merrick · Writer
- Samuel Goldwyn · Producer
- Arthur C. Miller · Cinematographer
- Stuart Heisler · Editor