Bird of Paradise (1932)
1932 · Feature film · 82 min · dir. King Vidor
A drama of forbidden love beyond the pale of white men's morals.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
Synopsis
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."
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- King Vidor
- Writer
- Wells Root
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Cinematography
- Clyde De Vinna
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Released
- 1932-08-12
- Running time
- 82 minutes
Cast & crew
King Vidor Director
Dolores del Río
Joel McCrea
John Halliday
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Bert Roach
Lon Chaney Jr.
Wade Boteler
Arnold Gray
