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.

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

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
Singleton has a nervous break down when his wife dies during child birth giving birth his daughter who survives the ordeal. He recovers but his half-brother refuses to allow him to leave the asylum. Singleton escapes seventeen years later as he fears his half-brother will steal the fortune his daughter is to inherit on her eighteen birthday.

Preservation
A complete print of Rose o' Paradise is held by the Cinémathèque française in Paris.