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A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
Dolores Del Río
- Luana
- (as Dolores del Rio)
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Thornton
- (as Creighton Chaney)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Lon Chaney Jr., billed under his real name of Creighton Chaney.
- GoofsWhen the sailboat is joined by the natives, a female is shown holding onto the bow at the waterline with her feet (toes) and being pushed by the ship as the crew looked directly down at her. Later, a side view of the sailboat is shown and the bow at the waterline is several feet behind the area where a person could stand.
- Quotes
Chester: What do they call this place?
Johnny Baker: Probably one of the Virgin Islands
Chester: Heaven forbid.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- SoundtracksWhere the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Fred E. Ahlert
Sung (with non-lexical vocables) by Johnny as Luana pulls his dinghy to shore.
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Beautiful Film
A very beautiful & romantic film. It's about a lovely native woman named Luana (Dolores del Rio) and the man that falls in-love with her, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea). Luana is chosen by the other island natives to be sacrificed to the volcano. This is a story we've all heard of by now but this might be the first film on the subject matter.
I discovered this film via Creighton Chaney. I was looking to watch a film from him that I have yet to see. He's not in this one very much, his character Thornton is more of a supporting role, but he did not have to be in this film for me to enjoy it. I'm glad to discover it because it's a wonderful story.
8/10
I discovered this film via Creighton Chaney. I was looking to watch a film from him that I have yet to see. He's not in this one very much, his character Thornton is more of a supporting role, but he did not have to be in this film for me to enjoy it. I'm glad to discover it because it's a wonderful story.
8/10
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- Also known as
- Cennet Perisi
- Filming locations
- Hawaii, USA(2nd unit establishing shots)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $752,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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