# Bird of Paradise

Title: Bird of Paradise Summary: A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god. Directed by: King Vidor Actors: Dolores del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures Release Date: 12 August 1932 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 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."

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1932
- Runtime: 1 h 20 min
- By: RKO Radio Pictures
- Genres: Drama, Romance, Adventure
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/BirdOfParadise)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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