Night in Paradise

1946Movie⏱️ 1h 24mApproved

ComedyDramaFantasy

⭐ 5.3

IMDB Rating

190 votes

Storyteller Aesop tries to help loony King Croesus and manages to fall in love on the way.

Director

Arthur Lubin

Writers

George S. Hellman, Emmet Lavery, Ernest Pascal

Stars

Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez

Release Date

May 3, 1946

Language

English

Country

United States

💬 5

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Merle Oberon

as Delarai

Turhan Bey

as Aesop

Thomas Gomez

as King Croesus

Gale Sondergaard

as Attosa

Ray Collins

as Leonides

Ernest Truex

as Scribe

George Dolenz

as Frigid Ambassador

John Litel

as Archon

Jerome Cowan

as Scribe

Douglass Dumbrille

as High Priest

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Filming Location

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production

Walter Wanger Productions

🏷️ Keywords

storytellingaesop characterkinglovegreek

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaFantasy

⭐ Featured Review

Another Colorful Fantasy that Tells us a Lot about the Need for Racial Tolerance

by l_rawjalaurence • 2016-09-13

7/10

"Superficially A NIGHT IN PARADISE is simply another entry in the apparently limitless procession of Technicolor fantasies produced by Universal in the mid-Forties. Conceived on a larger budget than customary, Arthur Lubin's romance takes place in a fantasy Mediterranean island and involves the love-affair between Delarai (Merle Oberon) and the faithful poet/ philosopher Aesop. Initially it seems as if the course of romance will never run smoothly. Aesop is relegated into the background, wearing a hirsute face-mask reminiscent of Universal horror films rather than its fantasies. Meanwhile..."