Bird of Paradise

1932 NR 1h 20m 6

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

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."

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Info about Bird of Paradise

Studio(s): RKO Radio Pictures

Originally Released: United States on Aug 12, 1932

Box Office Gross: $753,000.00

Budget: $752,000.00

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance