Road To Paradise (1930)

A young woman (Loretta Young), who has been raised by two thieves (George Barraud, Raymond Hatton) is coerced by them into helping them rob a wealthy society woman (Loretta Young), who looks like her. She reluctantly agrees but during the robbery attempt, everything goes wrong! Based on the play CORNERED by Dodson Mitchell and Zelda Sears and directed by William Beaudine (LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY). The far fetched plot is made tedious by its sluggish pacing and the one hour and 14 minutes running time seems twice that. Being a pre code early sound film, the camera doesn't move much. It just sits there photographing the actors going through their paces as if we're watching a stage play. Young is lovely and exudes charm in both her roles but the rest of the cast aren't so lucky. The contrived ending is telegraphed early on so there's no surprises. With Jack Mulhall and Fred Kelsey.