Nancy Carroll (,Alma) is a forgotten actress. Why? She followed Clara Bow ( aka "The It Gir") at Paramount. She is also a native New Yorker and is a redhead ( like Clara) and even looks a bit like her ( although Clara is hotter). Nancy is the primary reason to watch Dangerous Paradise ( although the villains are worth watching ( especially Warner Oland's Schomberg)). Nancy is treated badly throughout the movie by everyone ( not just by Schomberg). This includes being misunderstood by the man she loves Heyst ( Richard Arlen) who believes the worst about her. Arlen's problem is he lives as a hermit on an Island because he got burned by a woman before and he is a coward who is afraid to live ( Nancy accused him of it and he admitted it). It takes until the end of the movie and a battle against Oland and another bad guy to finally wake up. Do they get together? Yes! Spoilers ahead: At the very end, Nancy is leaving but he tells her, we got through this ( near death) so we can get through anything and he is leaving with her.... So they can get married and as Nancy said: "Return to Paradise." The problem with Dangerous Paradise is too much talking and not enough action ( shocking because it is Directed by William Wellman who excels at action ( Wings and The Public Enemy to name two examples)). I can say the best scenes are the ones with Nancy (especially when dealing with Oland), and except for Arlen's fight not a single scene without Nancy is worth watching. Speaking of watching, I saw this on OK. RU which is the best site for hard to find movies ( although they do not have the Gary Cooper version of The Spoilers my most want to see film). Anyway I give Dangerous Paradise 6/10 stars slightly above average. Mostly for Nancy Carroll.
Review of Dangerous Paradise
