
To avoid marrying the elderly suitor her aunt has chosen for her, young socialite Ivis Van Astor decides to hire Horatio Worthington to pose as her husband. She hopes that as a "married woman" she will pique the romantic interest of Norman Kent, who perceives her as a sweet young thing.

Lewis Allen Browne, Edmund Goulding
United States

The Dawn of the Jazz Age Deception To understand the cinematic tapestry of 1920 is to acknowledge a world in flux, a society shedding the Victorian chrysalis for the frenetic energy of the Jazz Age. The Dangerous Paradise, directed with a deft hand and written by the burgeoning talent of Edmund Goulding and Lewis Al...


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" The Dawn of the Jazz Age Deception To understand the cinematic tapestry of 1920 is to acknowledge a world in flux, a society shedding the Victorian chrysalis for the frenetic energy of the Jazz Age. The Dangerous Paradise, directed with a deft hand and written by the burgeoning talent of Edmund Goulding and Lewis Allen Browne, serves as a poignant artifact of this transition. It is a film that navigates the treacherous waters of social standing and the performative nature of gender roles with..."


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