Bird of Paradise (1932)
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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release: 1932-08-12
Director: King Vidor
Writers: Richard Walton Tully , Wells Root , Wanda Tuchock , Leonard Praskins
Language: English | Hawaiian
Stars: Dolores del Rio , Joel McCrea , John Halliday , Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
Runtime: 80 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Rajski ptak (Poland) , Paradijsvogel (Belgium) , Luana la vergine sacra (Italy) , Райская птичка , Cennet Perisi (Turkey) , Luana från Paradisön (Sweden) , Ave del paraíso (Spain) , L'oiseau de paradis (Belgium) , Paratiisilintu (Finland) , El ave del paraíso (Mexico) , L'oiseau de paradis (France, French Republic) , Bird of Paradise (United Kingdom) , To pouli tou Paradeisou (Greece) , Paradicsommadár (Hungary) , Bird of Paradise (Canada) , Bird of Paradise , Ave do Paraíso (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ave del paraíso (Argentina) , Bird of Paradise (United States of America) , Sydhavsnætter (Denmark) , Bird of Paradise (Canada) , Luana: Eine Schreckensnacht auf Hawaii (Germany) , Ave do Paraíso (Brazil) , Der Paradiesvogel (Austria) , Luana (Germany) , 南海の劫火（1932） (Japan)
Plot: 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."
IMDB:tt0022689