Sinners in Heaven
| Sinners in Heaven | |
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| Directed by | Alan Crosland |
| Screenplay by | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Based on | Sinners in Heaven by Clive Arden |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels Richard Dix |
| Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes at 7 reels (6,881 ft) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Sinners in Heaven is a 1924 American silent island romantic drama film directed by Alan Crosland and released through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by Clive Arden and stars Richard Dix and Bebe Daniels in the principal roles.[1][2][3]
Plot
According to a film magazine,[4] "A young woman who, with a chaperon, accompanies an English aviator on what is hoped will be a world's trip, laying out an aerial mall route for the British Government. When the plane is wrecked the girl and the aviator are the sole survivors. They fight off the savages, and finally convince them that they are Gods, although in the finish a native woman whom the aviator scorns, explodes the God idea, and just as the rescuers arrive in another plane the two are attacked. They also fight off the natives, but when the two rescuers take the girl and make a getaway the aviator was wounded by an arrow and left to his fate.
Later he turns up in England, having been nursed back to health by the native woman and making his escape when a trading boat stops at the island. Of course his arrival is just in time to bring about a happy ending, for the girl on her return has confessed that she and the aviator were wed by their own ceremony while on the island, but the folks back home can't grant this was on the level and she is shunned."
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Barbara Stockley
- Richard Dix as Alan Croft
- Holmes Herbert as Hugh Rochedale
- Florence Billings as Mrs. Madge Fields
- Betty Hilburn as Native Girl
- Montagu Love as Native Chief
- Effie Shannon as Mrs. Stockley
- Marcia Harris as Barbara's Aunt
- Diana Kane[5]
Production
Sinners in Heaven was partially filmed on location in Nassau, Bahamas.[6]
Preservation
With no prints of Sinners in Heaven located in any film archives, it is a lost film.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Sinners In Heaven at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sinners in Heaven AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Variety, New York City: Variety Publishing Co., September 10, 1924, p. 27 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Shadowland - Movie Gossip of the Month". Pictures and the Picturegoer. Odhams Press. September 1924. p. 562. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
When you see Sinners in Heaven and Dangerous Money, both Paramount releases, watch Diana Kane's work and see if she reminds you of anybody. She ought to because she's Lois Wilson's little sister, Roberta
- ^ Photoplay. Chicago: Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. September 1, 1924. p. 35.
- ^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Sinners In Heaven". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2026.