The lovely Nancy Carroll bore such a close resemblance to fellow Paramount contract player Clara Bow that even with the attempts of casting her as long suffering and fragile while Bow took on the more floozy parts, she came off as a frightened waif. Here, she's on a tropical island with pretty much the scum of the earth. Meeting recluse Richard Arlen, she badgers him to visit his island, all the while fighting to prevent hotel owner Warner Boland and employee Clarence Wilson from taking advantage of her and resulting in violence and unjustified accusations towards her. This is up there with a dozen other "Island of Lost Souls" style movies where actors like Carroll, Bow, Tallulah Bankhead, Ruth Chatterton and Helen Twelvetrees would play the misunderstood shady dame. At just under an hour, this is static and pretty lifeless, although rising star Carroll does on occasion jerking this to life. Otherwise, it's really forgettable.
Review of Dangerous Paradise
