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A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
Dolores Del Río
- Luana
- (as Dolores del Rio)
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Thornton
- (as Creighton Chaney)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Lon Chaney Jr., billed under his real name of Creighton Chaney.
- GoofsWhen the sailboat is joined by the natives, a female is shown holding onto the bow at the waterline with her feet (toes) and being pushed by the ship as the crew looked directly down at her. Later, a side view of the sailboat is shown and the bow at the waterline is several feet behind the area where a person could stand.
- Quotes
Chester: What do they call this place?
Johnny Baker: Probably one of the Virgin Islands
Chester: Heaven forbid.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- SoundtracksWhere the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Fred E. Ahlert
Sung (with non-lexical vocables) by Johnny as Luana pulls his dinghy to shore.
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Love, Romance & A Volcano
A young man, sailing the South Seas with friends, is saved from a shark by a lovely chief's daughter. They fall madly in love, only to have him learn that his beautiful BIRD OF PARADISE is destined to be sacrificed to Pele, the volcano god.
Essentially a piece of fluff, this film is enhanced by the performances of Dolores Del Rio & Joel McCrea. They handle the romantics quite nicely (her skinny dip providing proof this is a pre-Production Code movie). The rest of the cast, which includes Lon Chaney Jr. & 'Skeets' Gallagher, exist purely to provide support to the stars.
Location filming in Hawaii and a beautiful, evocative score by Max Steiner emphasize the languid mood of the plot.
Essentially a piece of fluff, this film is enhanced by the performances of Dolores Del Rio & Joel McCrea. They handle the romantics quite nicely (her skinny dip providing proof this is a pre-Production Code movie). The rest of the cast, which includes Lon Chaney Jr. & 'Skeets' Gallagher, exist purely to provide support to the stars.
Location filming in Hawaii and a beautiful, evocative score by Max Steiner emphasize the languid mood of the plot.
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- Ron Oliver
- Jun 2, 2000
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- Also known as
- Cennet Perisi
- Filming locations
- Hawaii, USA(2nd unit establishing shots)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $752,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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