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Bird of Paradise (1932)
Directed by King Vidor
“A drama of forbidden love beyond the pale of white men's morals.”
Adventure, Drama, Romance · 1h 20m
When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.
Cast
Dolores del Río
Joel McCrea
John Halliday
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Bert Roach
Lon Chaney Jr.
Wade Boteler
Arnold Gray
Reginald Simpson
Crew
- Director
- King Vidor
- Screenplay
- Wells Root, Wanda Tuchock, Leonard Praskins
- Director of Photography
- Edward Cronjager, Clyde De Vinna, Lucien N. Andriot
- Original Music Composer
- Max Steiner
- Editor
- Archie Marshek
- Producer
- King Vidor
Details
- Release date
- 1932-08-12
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Box office
- $753,000