Idol of Paris (1948)
1h 46m
Running Time
April 24, 1948Release Date
Plot.
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Rennie
Hertz
Beryl Baxter
Theresa
Christine Norden
Cora Pearl
Christine Norden
Cora Pearl
Andrew Osborn
Antoine
Miles Malleson
Offenbach
Leslie Arliss
Director
Andrew Cruickshank
Prince Nicholas
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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.