The Lost Paradise

Story

Synopsis

Unknown to Reuben Warren, the foreman of an ironworks, his invention, the volta-dynamo, was stolen years earlier by his employer, Knowlton, and is the foundation for the iron magnate's financial empire. Reuben is in love with Knowlton's daughter Margaret, who is engaged to Ralph Standish, the son of Reuben's deceased mentor. A strike against inhumane working conditions at the mill coincides with the discovery of Knowlton's theft by Reuben, who confronts the employer with proof of his treachery. Margaret later breaks her engagement to Ralph and proclaims her love for Reuben. As Margaret's husband, Reuben now owns half of the mill and gladly meets the strikers' demands. -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.

Director

J. Searle Dawley

Writers

Ludwig Fulda, Henry C. DeMille

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

1 September 1914

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  H.B. Warner

  Reuben Warren

• Catherine Carter

  Margaret Knowlton

• Mark Price

  Andrew Knowlton

• 

  Arthur Hoops

  Ralph Standish

• Rita Stan

  Nell

• Amy Summers

  'Cinders' (as Amy Sumers)

• 

  Phil Tead

  Billy Hopkins (as Phillips Tead)

• Trixie Jennery

  Kate

• 

  Wellington A. Playter

  Schwartz

• Augustus Balfour

  Joe Barrett (as August Balfour)

• Marcus Moriarity

  Old Bensel