A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to a fortune but doesn't know it, and has been lured to Paris by one of the heirs who does know who she is; he plans to swindle her out of her inheritance so he can have everything.


The year 1924 stood as a watershed moment for Universal Pictures, a period when the studio was oscillating between the visceral horror of its emerging monster cycle and the delicate, often heart-wrenching melodramas that defined the 'Jewel' production line. At the intersection of these sensibilities lies The Rose of ...

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Irving Cummings

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" The year 1924 stood as a watershed moment for Universal Pictures, a period when the studio was oscillating between the visceral horror of its emerging monster cycle and the delicate, often heart-wrenching melodramas that defined the 'Jewel' production line. At the intersection of these sensibilities lies The Rose of Paris, a film that leverages the ethereal fragility of Mary Philbin to tell a story of systemic greed and the precarious nature of virtue. Directed by Irving Cummings, the film is ..."
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Ethel M. Dell, M. Delly, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Bernard McConville, Lenore J. Coffee, Melville W. Brown
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