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Paradise Isle (1937)

Paradise Isle poster
Directed by
Arthur Greville Collins
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A South Seas island woman gets involved with a man who arrives on the island. Their relationship unfolds against the backdrop of American Samoa.

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What happens

Paradise Isle is a 1937 American film directed by Arthur Greville Collins with sequences shot in American Samoa. The film was produced by Dorothy Davenport under the name "Dorothy Reid" and was released by Monogram Pictures. The film stars Mexican actress Movita Castaneda continuing her persona of a South Seas Island girl that began with Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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