Stolen Paradise (1940)
A Story of Adolescence
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
- Date of release
- 1940-12-16
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Louis J. Gasnier
Casting
- Leon Janney — Richard 'Dick' Gordon
- Eleanor Hunt — Patricia Morrow
- Esther Muir — Mrs. Ellen Gordon
- Wilma Francis — Jerry Dean
- Doris Blaine — Mary Hodge
- Herbert Fisher — Father O'Malley
- Roy Tracy — Tom Trowbridge
- Fred Nielsey — Robert Gordon - Richard's Father
- Mamie Smith — Martha
- Charles Shaw — Larry Hodge
- Billy Vines — Salesman on Train
- Gilda Lynch — Janet
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Florida
Stolen Paradise also released as Adolescence is a 1940 youth film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and filmed in and around Coral Gables, Florida. Eleanor Hunt was married to producer George A. Hirliman.
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