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BIRD OF PARADISE ('32) BIRD OF PARADISE ('32) WC, regular OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5c0568 BIRD OF PARADISE WC 1932 c/u of sexy tropical Dolores Del Rio & Joel McCrea, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/23/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Bird of Paradise, the 1932 King Vidor South Seas tropical island jungle romantic adventure thriller ("It happened in Hawaii!"; from the play by Richard Walton Tully; about a handsome South Seas sailor who meets the daughter of an island chief, and he falls in love with her, and he plans to stay on the island with her, but the chief tells him that his daughter is promised to a nearby prince, and that she is "taboo" to the sailor; of course, the sailor and the girl defy her father, and go to live on a deserted island, but she becomes afraid that her betrayal will cause the volcano to erupt, and when it does, the island men come to take the daughter back and sacrifice her; the girl and the sailor are both captured and almost die, but his ship returns and rescues them, but the girl fears that her people will die if she leaves, so she returns and throws herself into the volcano!) starring Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Lon Chaney Jr. (billed as "Creighton Chaney"), Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Bert Roach, and Agostino Borgato. Note that this movie has massive similarity to Albert S. Rogell's "Aloha", made the previous year. We don't know if one movie inspired the other, or if there was any controversy at this time over the similarity of the two movies. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this window card! Condition: fair. The card has light staining in the bottom 6", with staining in the middle of the right border, extending into Del Rio's shoulder, and staining in the top right corner. The right 1" of the card was folded back, and there is surface paper loss in Del Rio hair, and stains and small surface paper loss in the rest of that fold. There is paper loss in the top right corner and some scattered in the right border. Obviously, this incredibly rare card can be rescued by a talented restorer, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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