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BIRD OF PARADISE – 1932 – DOLORES DEL RIO – COLOUR VERSION – RARE DVD
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.”
Director: King Vidor
Stars: Dolores del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday