Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (1932)

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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… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Walton Tully, Wells Root
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics
In Theaters
Aug 12, 1932 Wide
Kino Lorber

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    If Bird of Paradise had used a director that knew how to loosen up but still become involved in the story, it might have had a more sensual, romantic feel in addition to its exoticism.

  • Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine

    After years of neglect in the public domain, Kino's Bird of Paradise is obviously the phoenix, emerging renewed from a privately owned nitrate print.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The photography is exotic, but the story is for the birds.

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