A Thief in Paradise is a 1925 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, written by Frances Marion

Frances Marion

Frances Marion was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos.-Career:...

 and directed by George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice was a film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage...

. It is an adaptation of Leonard Merrick

Leonard Merrick

Leonard Merrick was an English novelist. Although largely forgotten today, he was widely admired by his peers, J. M. Barrie called Merrick the "novelist's novelist."-Life:...

's novel The Worldlings (1900). It is a "lost film

Lost film

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".

Plot

Maurice Blake and Philip Jardine are pearl fishers on a tropical island. The two men are fighting underwater for a pearl when Jardine is killed by a shark. His mistress, Rosa Carmino, has a letter from Jardine's wealthy father, urging him to return to San Francisco. Since the elder Jardine has never seen his grown son, Carmino convinces Blake to go in his place. Blake is welcomed into the Jardine household and falls in love with Helen Saville, the daughter of a neighbor. The couple marries, but on their wedding night, the jealous Carmino tells Helen that she is Blake's mistress.

Cast

• Doris Kenyon
  Doris Kenyon
  Doris Kenyon was a popular actress of motion pictures and television.-Youth:She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. James B. Kenyon, was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister at University Church. Kenyon studied at Packer College...
  
   as Helen Saville
• Ronald Colman
  Ronald Colman
  Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor.-Early years:He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser. His siblings included Eric, Edith, and Marjorie. He was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he...
  
   as Maurice Blake
• Aileen Pringle
  Aileen Pringle
  Aileen Pringle was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.-Early life:Born Aileen Bisbee into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco, California family and educated in Europe, Pringle began her acting career shortly after her 1916 marriage to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son...
  
   as Rosa Carmino
• Claude Gillingwater
  Claude Gillingwater
  Claude Benton Gillingwater was an American stage and screen actor. He first appeared on the stage then in 92 films between 1918 and 1939....
  
   as Noel Jardine
• Alec B. Francis
  Alec B. Francis
  Alec B. Francis was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in 241 films between 1911 and 1934.He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Bishop Saville
• John Patrick
  John Patrick
  John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter.- Biography :Born John Patrick Goggin in Louisville, Kentucky, his parents soon abandoned him and he spent a delinquent youth in foster homes and boarding schools. At age 19, he secured a job as an announcer at KPO Radio in San Francisco,...
  
   as Ned Whalen
• Charles Youree as Philip Jardine
• Etta Lee as Rosa's Maid
• Lon Poff as Jardine's Secretary