L'oiseau de paradis

Original title: Bird of Paradise

1932
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1h 20m

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Dolores Del Río, Joel McCrea, and King Vidor in L'oiseau de paradis (1932)

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A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Dolores Del Río

Luana
(as Dolores del Rio)

Joel McCrea

Johnny Baker

John Halliday

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Chester

Bert Roach

Hector

Lon Chaney Jr.

Thornton
(as Creighton Chaney)

Wade Boteler

Skipper Johnson

Arnold Gray

Walker

Reginald Simpson

O'Fallon

Napoleon Pukui

The King

Agostino Borgato

Medicine Man

Sofia Ortega

Mahumahu

Mailoa Kalili

Child on Beach
(uncredited)

Freddie Letuli

Child on Beach
(uncredited)

Kuka Tuima

Child on Beach
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Film debut of Lon Chaney Jr., billed under his real name of Creighton Chaney.

Goofs
At about the 16:00 mark there is a medium shot of 3 characters. The one on the right pulls off his sweater and begins to unbutton his shirt. He is then shown in a 2 character shot still wearing the sweater, followed by another medium shot with the sweater off.

Quotes
Chester: What do they call this place?
Johnny Baker: Probably one of the Virgin Islands
Chester: Heaven forbid.

Connections
Edited into La Chasse du comte Zaroff (1932)

Soundtracks
Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Fred E. Ahlert
Sung (with non-lexical vocables) by Johnny as Luana pulls his dinghy to shore.

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Featured review

8/10

Beautiful Film

A very beautiful & romantic film. It's about a lovely native woman named Luana (Dolores del Rio) and the man that falls in-love with her, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea). Luana is chosen by the other island natives to be sacrificed to the volcano. This is a story we've all heard of by now but this might be the first film on the subject matter.

I discovered this film via Creighton Chaney. I was looking to watch a film from him that I have yet to see. He's not in this one very much, his character Thornton is more of a supporting role, but he did not have to be in this film for me to enjoy it. I'm glad to discover it because it's a wonderful story.

8/10