Bird of Paradise (1932)
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- Passed
- 1h 20min
- Adventure, Drama
- 12 Aug 1932 (USA)
- Movie
A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
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Cast verified as complete
Dolores Del Río | ... |
Luana
(as Dolores del Rio)
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Joel McCrea | ... |
Johnny Baker
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John Halliday | ... |
Mac
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Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | ... |
Chester
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Bert Roach | ... |
Hector
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Lon Chaney Jr. | ... |
Thornton
(as Creighton Chaney)
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Wade Boteler | ... |
Skipper Johnson
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Arnold Gray | ... |
Walker
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Reginald Simpson | ... |
O'Fallon
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Napoleon Pukui | ... |
The King
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Agostino Borgato | ... |
Medicine Man
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Sofia Ortega | ... |
Mahumahu
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Directed by
King Vidor |
Written by
Richard Walton Tully | ... | (play) |
Wells Root | ... | (screenplay) & |
Wanda Tuchock | ... | (screenplay) & |
Leonard Praskins | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
David O. Selznick | ... | executive producer |
King Vidor | ... | producer |
Music by
Max Steiner |
Cinematography by
Lucien N. Andriot | ... | (photographed by) (as Lucien Andriot) |
Edward Cronjager | ... | (photographed by) |
Clyde De Vinna | ... | (photographed by) (as Clyde DeVinna) |
Editing by
Archie Marshek | ... | (as Archie F. Marshek) |
Casting By
Lynn Shores | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Carroll Clark |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
H. Bruce Humberstone | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Clem Portman | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
Harry Redmond Jr. | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Harry Redmond Sr. | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Lloyd Knechtel | ... | photographic effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Coburn | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Eddie Pyle | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Harvey Clermont | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Music Department
R.H. Bassett | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Bernhard Kaun | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Max Steiner | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Busby Berkeley | ... | choreographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- RKO Radio Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1932) (United States) (theatrical) (A Radio Picture)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1932) (Canada) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1932) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Radio Pictures)
- RKO Pictures (Australasia) (1932) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Europa-Filmverleih AG (1933) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Robert Müller GmbH (1933) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Etablissements Jacques Haïk (1933) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- VCI Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- The Roan Group (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2004) (World-wide) (VHS)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide)
- Kino Lorber (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Kino Lorber (2012) (United States) (DVD) (Kino Classics)
- Film Detective (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Sinister Cinema (2016) (United States) (DVD)
- Penteo Films S.L. (2019) (Spain) (restored HD)
- Internet Archive (2023) (World-wide)
- Stream Go Media (2022) (World-wide)
- Wikipedia (2023) (World-wide) (video) (streaming)
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Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A young man falls overboard and is saved by a beautiful Polynesian girl. They fall in love, but their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt. The man discovers that the local custom is to sacrifice a young woman to the volcanic gods. They try to escape but realize that "east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet." Written by Ed Lorusso |
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Taglines | Hissing Lava Stains the Night with Red! (Print Ad-Peekskill Evening Star,((Peekskill, NY)) 24 September 1932) See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $752,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Film debut of Lon Chaney Jr., billed under his real name of Creighton Chaney. See more » |
Goofs | When the sailboat is joined by the natives, a female is shown holding onto the bow at the waterline with her feet (toes) and being pushed by the ship as the crew looked directly down at her. Later, a side view of the sailboat is shown and the bow at the waterline is several feet behind the area where a person could stand. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Most Dangerous Game (1932). See more » |
Soundtracks | Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) See more » |
Quotes |
Chester:
What do they call this place? Johnny Baker: Probably one of the Virgin Islands Chester: Heaven forbid. See more » |