Product Details

• Actors: Dolores del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Bert Roach
• Directors: King Vidor
• Writers: Leonard Praskins, Richard Walton Tully, Wanda Tuchock, Wells Root
• Producers: King Vidor, David O. Selznick
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vci/Ffi
• VHS Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000F166
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,623 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL DEL RIO., March 30, 2002

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bird of Paradise [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Director King Vidor found Richard Walton Tully's play of the same name on which this film is based hopelessly dated and uninteresting. Producer David O. Selznick countered thusly: "I don't care what story you use as long as the title remains intact and Del Rio jumps into a flaming volcano at the finish". The stunningly exotic beauty of Dolores Del Rio made her the first Mexican actress ever to become an international film star. Del Rio had weathered the transition from silents to talkies, but due to her accent and somewhat rudimentary acting ability, her roles had to be carefully chosen; this is probably her most memorable available to the public on video. Filmed on location in Hawaii, the movie's plusses lie in its appeal to the senses, namely in the striking black-and-white photography by Clyde De Vinna - he won an Oscar in 1928 for his work on WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS - and Max Steiner's richly evocative background score, designed to illustrate everything from Polynesian native dancing to idyllic, romantic interludes. The film was made rather quickly - stars Del Rio and McCrea had other commitments - and the script was was literally slapped together. BIRD OF PARADISE cost RKO more than a million dollars to make, a high expence in 1932; this lush, albeit antique romantic drama has long been overshadowed by the largely inferior 1951 Technicolor remake with Debra Paget and Louis Jourdan.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The information for the DVD shown is NOT CORRECT!!, August 13, 2006

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Gregory J. Hibbett "MOVIE FAN" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bird of Paradise (DVD)

I hope that Amazon will clear up the information listed for this DVD. They list the cast of the remake from the 50's, they have the aspect ratio as widescreen. Which verson of the film is being offered here?? Please clear this up so that those that order will not be disapointed. I am not even sure that the widescreen verson from the 50's is even available on DVD.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bird of Paradise - Which Version, August 22, 2006

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Gary Newman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bird of Paradise (DVD)

Has Amazon ever cleared up the confusion regarding the version of this movie. The jacket shows the original 1932 version but the cast is from the 1951 remake.