Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (1932)

A drama of forbidden love beyond the pale of white men's morals.

  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1932-08-12
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: King Vidor
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Summary

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.

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  • Dolores del Río

    as Luana
  • Joel McCrea

    as Johnny Baker
  • John Halliday

    as Mac
  • Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

    as Chester
  • Bert Roach

    as Hector
  • Lon Chaney Jr.

    as Thornton
  • Wade Boteler

    as Capitaine Johnson
  • Arnold Gray

    as Walker
  • Reginald Simpson

    as O'Fallon
  • Napoleon Pukui

    as The King
  • Agostino Borgato

    as Medicine Man
  • Sofia Ortega

    as Mahumahu
Directing King Vidor Director
Writing Wells Root Screenplay
Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Writing Wanda Tuchock Screenplay
Writing Leonard Praskins Screenplay
Production David O. Selznick Executive Producer
Production King Vidor Producer
Camera Lucien N. Andriot Director of Photography
Camera Edward Cronjager Director of Photography
Camera Clyde De Vinna Director of Photography
Editing Archie Marshek Editor
Art Carroll Clark Art Direction
Directing H. Bruce Humberstone Assistant Director
Sound Clem Portman Sound
Writing Richard Walton Tully Theatre Play
Crew Llyod Knechtel Special Effects
Camera Eddie Pyle Camera Operator
Crew Busby Berkeley Choreographer

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