| Paths to Paradise | |
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| 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 |
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Running time | 7 reels (6,741 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Paths to Paradise is a 1925silent comedy directed byClarence Badger, produced byFamous Players–Lasky and distributed byParamount Pictures. The film is based on a 1914 play,The Heart of a Thief, byPaul Armstrong, and starsRaymond Griffith andBetty 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]
Acon man posing as anundercover detective posing as a tourist fromDuluth tricks theChinatown thief Molly into giving him all of her money as abribe to avoid arrest. Later, they decide to team up and steal a necklace. They escape fromCalifornia State Police across theMexico–United States border intoBaja California, but decide to go straight, return the necklace, and settle down.
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