Bird of Paradise (1951 film)

Bird of Paradise
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDelmer Daves
Screenplay byDelmer Daves
Based onThe Bird of Paradise
1912 play
by Richard Walton Tully
Produced byDelmer Daves
StarringDebra Paget
Louis Jourdan
Jeff Chandler
CinematographyWinton C. Hoch
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 14, 1951 (1951-03-14)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,650,000 (US rentals)[1][2]

Bird of Paradise is a 1951 American adventure drama and romance film in Technicolor, produced and directed by Delmer Daves, and starring Debra Paget, Louis Jourdan, and Jeff Chandler.[3] The screenplay was also written by Daves based on the 1912 play by Richard Walton Tully. The film was distributed by 20th Century-Fox.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 224
  3. ^ Bird of Paradise at the TCM Movie Database