Paradise Alley

Paradise Alley

🎞️ Movie 85 min US
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1962

As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements, a cast featuring several film veterans from the silent era, and a storyline containing a metaphoric commentary on Hollywood. When former European film director Agnus (Haas) witnesses bickering in a boarding house, he sets out to prove the innate goodness of people. Casting neighbors and the boarding house tenants in his new film, titled 'The Chosen and the Condemned,' he succeeds in creating peace, unity and harmony in the neighborhood. However, it's all a deception, since Agnus has no film in his camera. When a studio head learns of the project, he bankrolls a budget that enables Agnus to actually complete the film.

Direction
Screenplay

Cast

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Mr. Agnus
Don Sullivan
Don Sullivan
Steve Nicholson
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Carol Morris
Susie Wilson
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor
Linda Belita
Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith
Mrs. Wilson
Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
Julius Wilson
Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin
Mr. Gregory
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Nicholson
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Pat Goldin
Patrick
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William Forrest
Norman Holmes
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Franz Steininger
Composer
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Jack MacKenzie
Cinematographer