Shadows of Paris

Shadows of Paris
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Francis Carco (play) André Picard (play) Frederick J. Jackson Eve Unsell
Starring	Pola Negri Charles de Rochefort Huntley Gordon Adolphe Menjou
Cinematography	Bert Baldridge
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (US) Sascha Film (Austria)
Release dates	February 17, 1924
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Shadows of Paris is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Pola Negri, Charles de Rochefort and Huntley Gordon. A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-World War I Paris. It was based on the play Mon Homme by Francis Carco and André Picard.

Cast

• Pola Negri as Claire, Queen of the Apaches
• Charles de Rochefort as Fernand, an Apache
• Huntley Gordon as Raoul Grammont - Minister of the Interior
• Adolphe Menjou as Georges de Croy, His Secretary
• Gareth Hughes as Emile Boule
• Vera Reynolds as Liane
• Rose Dione as Madame Boule, Café Owner
• Rosita Marstini as Madame Vali, A Poetess
• Edward Kipling as Pierre, a Roué
• Maurice de Canonge as Robert, A Taxi Driver
• Frank Nelson as Le Bossu, the Hunchback
• George O'Brien as Louis
• Sam Appel as Monsieur Boule

Preservation

The film is considered lost. Only a minute of footage survives in a 1936 Paramount short Fashions in Love.

Bibliography

• Basinger, Jeanine. Silent Stars. Wesleyan University Press, 2000.

External links

• Shadows of Paris at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie
• lobby poster