Dangerous Paradise (1930 film)

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Dangerous Paradise
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Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Grover Jones
William Slavens McNutt
Based on Victory by Joseph Conrad
Produced by B.P. Schulberg
Starring Nancy Carroll
Richard Arlen
Warner Oland
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Cinematography Archie Stout
Music by John Leipold
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 13, 1930 (1930-02-13)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Dangerous Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen and Warner Oland.

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The film is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel Victory , with the significant change of a happy ending introduced to the plot which acknowledged a similar change made in the 1919 silent film Victory directed by Maurice Tourneur. [1] As was common in the early years of sound, Dangerous Paradise was remade in several different languages by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris. [2]

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