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Bird of Paradise

Cast

Dolores del R�o, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher View All

Crew

Leonard Praskins (Screenplay), King Vidor (Director), Wells Root (Screenplay), Wanda Tuchock (Screenplay) View All

Release: Aug. 12th, 1932

Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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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Takoma11
Storywise, I wish that the film had been clearer in terms of the idea of Luana angering the gods.

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