About this title: Having inherited the warhorse stage piece Bird of Paradise from his predecessor William LeBaron, RKO Radio production chief David O. Selznick opted to do the property up brown, hoping to transform the Richard Walton Tully original into RKO's "prestige" offering of 1932. Joel McCrea stars as a handsome South Seas soldier of fortune who falls in love with Dolores Del Rio, the daughter of a Polynesian native chieftain. Alas, their idyllic romance is destined to come to a sudden and violent end: tribal custom decrees that Del Rio is to be sacrificed to the local volcano. After initial resistance, ...
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Description: Joel McCrea, Dolores Del Rio, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney Jr. ), Wade Boteler. New in new packaging. 1932 Run time: 80. Exotic South Seas romance in which an adventurous sailor is saved from a shark by a native princess. They fall in love, but he learns she is destined to be sacrificed to appease a volcano god. Produced by David O. Selznick & King Vidor. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Date: 09/09/2003
UPC:089218422699
Description: New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA; Attention UK customers, please use our UK account ImportCDsUK, thank you. read more
Description: Good. 1985 Congress Video Group/Memory Lane video release. Tape plays perfectly & comes in its original orange cardboard sleeve (Del Rio's and McCrea's characters on cover). Edge wear to sleeve. Good copy of a scarce title. From my private collection. Ships now/free package tracking number. read more
Description: BRAND NEW. The daughter of a Polynesian chieftain falls in love with a white adventurer with tragic results. Starring Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, & Lon Chaney Jr. Directed by King Vidor. 1932 B&W Drama. 82 minutes. Alpha. 2003. Attributes: BLACK & WHITE, UNRATED VERSION. read more
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