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On a voyage through the tropics, Johnny (Joel McCrea), visits an idyllic island and falls madly in love with Luana (Dolores del Rio), the beautiful daughter of the local chieftain. Their romance is threatened when Luana is fated to be sacrificed to the volcano god. She is faced with a seemingly impossible decision - save her people from the erupting volcano or run away with her true love. Is their passion strong enough to survive this cruel fate?
Bird Of Paradise was inspired by Richard Walton Tully's Broadway play of 1912, which also spawned the 1930 Rudolf Friml musical Luana. Lavishly filmed in Hawaii, Bird Of Paradise is an explosive narrative of romance, tragedy and forbidden love.
A cautionary tale of romantic ecology? Exotic anyway, with McCrea beaching his yacht in the South Seas and falling in love with native looker Del Rio. When the interloper decides that he would be much happier living with his Luana in paradise than returning to his empty modern lifestyle, he upsets the girl's family... and maybe even the local deities.
A pleasure yacht carrying a group of Americans hits a stiff wind and is forced to land on a remote island. The natives come out to greet the boat, and Johnny, one of the passengers, soon falls in love with Luana, a local girl. He decides that he would be much happier living with Luana in this paradise than returning to his urban lifestyle. But first he must overcome some obstacles, such as teaching Luana English and rescuing her from the man she is being forced to marry.
Jungle | Romance | Tragedy | Vintage
| Starring | Delores del Rio & Joel McCrea | |
| Directed by | King Vidor | |
| Screenplay by | Leonard Praskins, Wells Root & Wanda Tuchock |
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South Sea romance, intrigue . . . and Busby Berkeley!
Movie Lover: Dan Nather from Cincinnati, OH US -- November, 5, 2004
BIRD OF PARADISE is a remarkable film.
It even manages to shine through a worn and scratchy print, and that says a lot.
Produced by David O. Selznick (GONE WITH THE WIND) and sensitively directed by King Vidor (THE CROWD, OUR DAILY BREAD), this film is a tender treatment of a touchy subject: interracial romance.
There's also an idyllic South Sea setting, an angry volcano, native dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley, the handsome Joel McCrea, and the almost-too-beautiful Dolores Del Rio baring it all for an intimate swim in the ocean.
That's a lot to get into one picture, but somehow it all hangs together.
It can get corny and sentimental at times, and the PC crowd may not like it, but I found it immensely entertaining.
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