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BIRD OF PARADISE ('32) BIRD OF PARADISE ('32) Miscellaneous OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2b036 BIRD OF PARADISE 12x17 die-cut mobile 1932 art of sexy Dolores Del Rio & Joel McCrea, rare! Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Die-Cut Mobile (measures 12" x 17" [30 x 43 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. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this cool die-cut mobile! It is much better seen in person, but it has a slot in the center through which a die-cut piece was inserted that has Del Rio's sexy legs on both sides. Because they are loose, they can be raised or lowered from either side, so that on each side they are either slightly over the title and credits or they can be suspended in mid air (we have taken a picture of the legs both ways so you can see). Condition: good. The mobile has tiny paper loss at the top, where the string was attached through the circular hole. It has tears in the middle left and lower right, with some tiny surface paper loss on both sides. The "legs" on one side have some smudges on them, and on the other side, they have smudges and two creases. There is some staining in the left of the credits on one side and a few other smudges scattered throughout the mobile. Still, the mobile displays well in spite of its defects, and of course, restoration can be performed, and it seems really remarkable that this has survived at all! Learn More about condition grades 
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