Forbidden Heaven
1935 film by Reginald Barker
- October 5, 1935 (1935-10-05)
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Forbidden Heaven is a 1935 American drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Charles Farrell, Charlotte Henry and Beryl Mercer. [1][2][3] The film was the first original production by Republic Pictures, which had previously distributed films produced by its predecessor companies such as Majestic and Liberty Pictures. [4] It was shot at the Culver Studios of RKO.
Plot
A young American girl in London in the midst of the Great Depression attempts to commit suicide by drowning herself in Hyde Park. She is rescued by a trio of homeless park-dwellers who nurse her back to health. One of them, Archer, is an aspiring politician; he and Ann fall in love as they all look for work.
Cast
- Charles Farrell as Mr. Archer / Nibs
- Charlotte Henry as Ann
- Beryl Mercer as Agnes
- Fred Walton as Pluffy
- Eric Wilton as Warren Radford
- Phyllis Barry as Sybil Radford
- Eric Snowden as Speaker
- Barry Winton as Allen
Critical reception
A reviewer in Variety wrote, "The attempt to recall Seventh Heaven, both in the title and some of the plot material, is obvious."[5]
References
- ^ "Forbidden Heaven (1935) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Forbidden Heaven (1936) - Reginald Barker". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "Forbidden Heaven". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8462-FORBIDDEN-HEAVEN?sid=140f7707-2582-4535-835d-24548e8d61ea&sr=10.745115&cp=1&pos=0
- ^ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8462-FORBIDDEN-HEAVEN?sid=140f7707-2582-4535-835d-24548e8d61ea&sr=10.745115&cp=1&pos=0>
External links
- Forbidden Heaven at IMDb
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Films directed by Reginald Barker
- The Bargain (1914)
- The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- The Typhoon (1914)
- The Devil (1915)
- The Coward (1915)
- The Italian (1915)
- On the Night Stage (1915)
- The Aryan (1916)
- Civilization (1916)
- The Iced Bullet (1917)
- Paws of the Bear (1917)
- Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917)
- The Hell Cat (1918)
- The Turn of the Wheel (1918)
- Shackled (1918)
- Shadows (1919)
- The Rustlers (1919)
- The Women and the Puppet (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Old Nest (1921)
- The Poverty of Riches (1921)
- Hearts Aflame (1923)
- The Eternal Struggle (1923)
- Broken Barriers (1924)
- The Dixie Handicap (1924)
- The Great Divide (1925)
- When the Door Opened (1925)
- The White Desert (1925)
- The Flaming Forest (1926)
- The Frontiersman (1927)
- Body and Soul (1927)
- The Toilers (1928)
- New Orleans (1929)
- Mississippi Gambler (1929)
- The Rainbow (1929)
- The Great Divide (1929)
- The Moonstone (1934)
- Forbidden Heaven (1935)
- The Healer (1935)
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