| Bird of Paradise | |
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Screenplay by | Wells Root Wanda Tuchock Leonard Praskins |
| Based on | The Bird of Paradise 1912 play by Richard Walton Tully |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick King Vidor |
| Starring | Dolores del Río Joel McCrea |
| Cinematography | Lucien Andriot Edward Cronjager Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Archie Marshek |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $752,000[1] |
| Box office | $753,000[1] |
Bird of Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic adventure drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores del Río and Joel McCrea. Based on the 1912 play of the same name by Richard Walton Tully, it was released by RKO Radio Pictures.
In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication per the Copyright Act of 1909.[2]
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p39
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.