简介：StarPolaNegrianddirectorErnstLubitsch,whocreatedaninternationalsensationwiththeGermansuperproductionDuBarry,WomanofPassion,werereunitedinthefrothyHollywoodcomedy/dramaForbiddenParadise.NegriiscastasCatherine,theCzarinaofanunnamedbutveryRussian-lookingcountry.RescuedfromrevolutionariesbydashingCaptainAlexisCzerny(RodLaRocque),Catherine"repays"theCaptainintheboudoir.CzernyfallsmadlyinlovewiththeCzarina,onlytodiscoverthatheisthelatestinalonglineofroyalconsorts.Angrily,hejoinstherebellion,vowingtotopplethemonarchy(butpromisingthatCatherinewillremainunharmed).Whentherevolutionfails,Czernyissentencedtodeath,butCatherinerescindstheorderandallowshimahappily-ever-afterwithhistruelove,lady-in-waitingAnna(PaulineStarke).AdolpheMenjou,afavoriteofLubitsch's,hasallthefilm'sbestscenesasarakishchancellor.BasedonaplaybyLajosBiroandMelchoirLengyel,ForbiddenParadisewasremadein1945asARoyalScandal,withTallulahBankheadasCatherine;the1945filmwasproducedbyErnstLubitsch,whofellillduringshootingandwasforcedtorelinquishthedirectorialresponsibilitiestoOttoPreminger.~HalErickson,AllMovieGuide…