'BIRD OF PARADISE'

Evening Star, Issue 21284, 13 December 1932, Page 1

'BIRD OF PARADISE'

SOUTH SEAS ROMANCE FOR REGENT Having played to almost as many legitimate theatre audiences as ‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ Richard Walton Tally’s famous play, ‘ Bird of Paradise,’ has finally reached the talking screen and will open on Friday at the Regent Theatre. The lovely Dolores Del Rio will be seen in the exotic role of “ Luana,” - created on tho stage by Leonard Ulric. Joel APCrea, handsome hero of several of Constance Bennett’s recent pictures, heads the supporting cast. Filmed in Hawaii, this latest RKORadio picture is filled with the sensuous beauty of the tropics, and has been given a lavish production by King Vidor, creator of such outstanding pictures as ‘ The Big Parade,’ ‘ Street Scene,’ and ‘ The Champ.’ One of the episodes particularly praised by critics in metropolitan cities where the film has been shown is the first native marriage feast ever to be recorded by camera, and microphone. An underwater fight with a shark, tho flight ol; an entire village from tho deadly lava of an erupting volcano, and a daring version of the hula are among the other high lights of ‘ Bird of Paradise.’ The love scenes between Dolores and APCrea are said to be specially enchanting, and a beautiful score of native music running through the entire production is an added appeal.