Beasts of Paradise
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Directed by	William James Craft
Written by	Val Cleveland
Starring	William Desmond Eileen Sedgwick
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 1, 1923 (1923-10-01)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Beasts of Paradise is a 1923 American adventure silent film serial in 15 episodes directed by William James Craft. The film stars William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick and was produced and released by Universal Pictures. The film is presumed to be lost.^[1]

Production

The serial consists of 15 episodes including jungle adventure scenes in which the main characters contend with many wild animals, such as fights with lions, alligators and elephants. The film also contains aquatic sequences involving underwater fights, shark encounters and submarine adventures.^[2]

Cast

William Desmond as Phil Grant
Eileen Sedgwick as Helen Frazer
William Gould (credited as William N. Gould)
Ruth Royce as Marie Verne
Margaret Morris as Tilah
James Welsh (credited as Jim Welsh)
Clark Comstock
Joe Bonomo as Big Jack
Slim Cole
Alfred Fisher
Gordon McGregor
William Welsh (credited as William J. Welsh)

Chapter titles

Episode 1: "The Mystery Ships"
Episode 2: "Unseen Perils"
Episode 3: "The Typhoon"
Episode 4: "The Sea Raider"
Episode 5: "The Tidewater Trap"
Episode 6: "The Alligator Attacks"
Episode 7: "The Deluge"
Episode 8: "The Mutiny"
Episode 9: "Ship Aflame"
Episode 10: "The Mad Elephant Charge"
Episode 11: "Smothered in the Sands"
Episode 12: "Millions in Gold"
Episode 13: "Into the Bloodhound's Jaws"
Episode 14: "Into the Whirlpool"
Episode 15: "The Trail's End"

References

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Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet The Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws The Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in 18 Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama
Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming
Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders
War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9
Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also
Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

Films directed by William James Craft

Another Man's Boots (1922)
Headin' West (1922)
With Stanley in Africa (1922)
Beasts of Paradise (1923)
In the Days of Daniel Boone (1923)
Battling Mason (1924)
Reckless Speed (1924)
South of the Equator (1924)
The Riddle Rider (1924)
The Bloodhound (1925)
Galloping Vengeance (1925)
That Man Jack! (1925)
The Galloping Cowboy (1926)
King of the Saddle (1926)
The Radio Detective (1926)
The Power of the Weak (1926)
The Silent Flyer (1926)
The Arizona Whirlwind (1927)
The Wreck (1927)
A Hero for a Night (1927)
Birds of Prey (1927)
The Clown (1927)
Painting the Town (1927)
Poor Girls (1927)
The Gate Crasher (1928)
Hot Heels (1928)
How to Handle Women (1928)
The Kid's Clever (1929)
Skinner Steps Out (1929)
One Hysterical Night (1929)
The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City (1929)
The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930)
The Little Accident (1930)
The Czar of Broadway (1930)
See America Thirst (1930)
Dames Ahoy! (1930)
Embarrassing Moments (1930)
Honeymoon Lane (1931)
The Runaround (1931)

Production

Cast

Chapter titles

See also

References

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