"Bird of paradise"(1932) coming May 1st from Kino - Blu-ray Forum

jaaguir · 03-09-2012, 05:14 PM

Bird of paradise

I'm very happy Kino is releasing "Bird of paradise"(1932). They have at least one sell for sure. Love this movie since I was a kid.

This was the first movie that Max Steiner wrote a full-on score for, I think. That makes it one of the first Hollywood movies to have a score, period, since the early talkies didn't usually have them, they used mostly source music in some scenes (or they were musicals), or they used classical music excerpts in a few scenes.

It was made at RKO while Selznick was head of production, hence labeled as part of Kino's "Selznick collection", I guess.

The movie can be summed up as Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio cavorting half-naked in a tropical island. It's a love-story/melodrama, as most movies of the '30s were, but it also has a touch of adventure (the american boat kind of wrecks against the "lost island", and later the natives can turn un-friendly...).

Dolores del Rio was a silent movie star. I believe her name was still above McCrea's in the original poster art. She plays a native who can't speak English in this movie, so her dialog is significantly reduced...

Most of it was actually shot on location in Hawaii. The great King Vidor directed it.

I wonder what their source is, but I bet they wouldn't release terrible product. I own an old dvd, which was supposed to be better than most public-domain editions, and it still looked so-so.

I'm very happy.

03-09-2012, 05:14 PM	#1
jaaguir Senior Member Member since:Jul 2009 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:36	"Bird of paradise"(1932) coming May 1st from Kino Bird of paradise I'm very happy Kino is releasing "Bird of paradise"(1932). They have at least one sell for sure. Love this movie since I was a kid. This was the first movie that Max Steiner wrote a full-on score for, I think. That makes it one of the first Hollywood movies to have a score, period, since the early talkies didn't usually have them, they used mostly source music in some scenes (or they were musicals), or they used classical music excerpts in a few scenes. It was made at RKO while Selznick was head of production, hence labeled as part of Kino's "Selznick collection", I guess. The movie can be summed up as Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio cavorting half-naked in a tropical island. It's a love-story/melodrama, as most movies of the '30s were, but it also has a touch of adventure (the american boat kind of wrecks against the "lost island", and later the natives can turn un-friendly...). Dolores del Rio was a silent movie star. I believe her name was still above McCrea's in the original poster art. She plays a native who can't speak English in this movie, so her dialog is significantly reduced... Most of it was actually shot on location in Hawaii. The great King Vidor directed it. I wonder what their source is, but I bet they wouldn't release terrible product. I own an old dvd, which was supposed to be better than most public-domain editions, and it still looked so-so. I'm very happy.

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