Bird of Paradise

Name: Bird of Paradise
Director: King Vidor
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance
Released: 1932-08-12
Duration: 4800000 s
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea, John Halliday

1932 · 80 min

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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."

Directed By

King Vidor

Written By

Leonard Praskins, Wells Root, Richard Walton Tully, Wanda Tuchock

Studio

RKO Radio Pictures

Genre

Drama, Adventure, Romance