The Idol of Paris

The Idol of Paris is a 1948 film based on the novel Paiva, Queen of Love by Alfred Schirokauer, about a mid-19th century French courtesan Theresa who sleeps her way from poverty to the top of Second Empire society. It was an attempt by its makers to imitate the success of the Gainsborough melodramas.
Cast

Beryl Baxter - Theresa
Michael Rennie - Hertz, one of Theresa's lovers
Christine Norden - Cora Pearl
Miles Malleson - Offenbach
Andrew Osborn - Antoine
Andrew Cruickshank - Prince Nicholas
Kenneth Kent - Emperor Napoleon
Margaretta Scott - Empress Eugenie
Patti Morgan - Bellanger
Genine Graham - Barucci
Henry Oscar - Lachman
Sybille Binder - Mrs. Lachman
Leslie Perrins - Count Paiva
Campbell Cotts - George Tremer Sr.
John Penrose - George Cremer Jr.

External links

The Idol of Paris at
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