Bird of Paradise

A drama of forbidden love beyond the pale of white men's morals.

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."

Direction

King Vidor

Screenplay

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Richard Walton Tully

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Wells Root

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Wanda Tuchock

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Leonard Praskins