The Sawdust Paradise

{{short description|1928 film by Luther Reed}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Sawdust Paradise

| image = Sawdust Paradise lobby card.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Luther Reed

| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor

| screenplay = Julian Johnson
Louise Long
George Manker Watters

| starring = Esther Ralston
Reed Howes
Hobart Bosworth
Tom Maguire
George B. French
Alan Roscoe
Mary Alden

| music = Gerard Carbonara

| cinematography = Harold Rosson

| editing = Otho Lovering

| studio = Paramount Pictures

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|9|1}}

| runtime = 62 minutes; 7 reels

| country = United States

| language = Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Sawdust Paradise is a lost{{Cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8925/default.html|title=The Sawdust Paradise|date=November 12, 1928|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=Memory.loc.gov}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html|title=Lost Film Files - Paramount Pictures|website=Silentsaregolden.com|access-date=November 12, 2021}} 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Luther Reed and written by Julian Johnson, Louise Long, and George Manker Watters. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film stars Esther Ralston, Reed Howes, Hobart Bosworth, Tom Maguire, George B. French, Alan Roscoe and Mary Alden. The film was released on September 1, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401E2DF113AE03ABC4F51DFBE668383639EDE|title=Movie Review - Oh Kay - THE SCREEN; The Victorious Evangelist. A British Picture. Other Photoplays|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=February 12, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=11893|title=The Sawdust Paradise|website=Afi.com|access-date=February 12, 2015}}[https://silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SawdustParadise1928.html The Sawdust Paradise at silentera.com]