{{short description|1923 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Beasts of Paradise | image = Advertisement_for_1923_silent_film_Beasts_of_Paradise.jpg | caption = Advertisement for film | director = William James Craft | producer = | writer = Val Cleveland | starring = William Desmond<br>Eileen Sedgwick | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{film date|1923|10|1}} | runtime = 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.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BeastsOfParadise1923.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Beasts of Paradise |access-date=August 19, 2008|work=silentera.com}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Beasts of Paradise Completed at "U" City | journal=Universal Weekly |date=December 1923 | volume=18 | issue=18 | pages=28}}</ref> Some scenes were shot on location at Santa Cruz Island.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibito00newy/page/586/mode/2up |title=Exhibitor's Trade Review |date= |publisher=Exhibitor's trade review, inc. |others= |location=New York |publication-date=September 1, 1923 |pages=587 |language=en}}</ref>
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * 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== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} *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"{{div col end}}
==See also== * List of American films of 1923 * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Beasts of Paradise}} *{{IMDb title|id=0013864|title=Beasts of Paradise}}
{{Universal serials}} {{William James Craft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beasts Of Paradise}} Category:1923 films Category:1923 lost films Category:1923 adventure films Category:American silent serial films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Universal Pictures film serials Category:Films directed by William James Craft Category:1923 English-language films Category:1923 American films Category:English-language adventure films Category:Lost American silent adventure films