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.
Stafford Dickens
Writer
Leslie Arliss
Director
Harry Ostrer
Writer
Norman Lee
Writer

Michael Rennie
Hertz

Beryl Baxter
Theresa

Christine Norden
Cora Pearl

Miles Malleson
Offenbach

Andrew Osborn
Antoine

Andrew Cruickshank
Prince Nicholas

Kenneth Kent
Emperor Napoleon

Margaretta Scott
Empress Euginie

Patti Morgan
Bellanger
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