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Return to Paradise

by James A. Michenerliterary work· published 1951

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A collection of inter-connected short stories set in the islands of the South Pacific. The book is a kind of sequel to Tales of the South Pacific, although these stories are all set after the end of WW2.

Adaptations (2)

Return to Paradise has been adapted into 2 films, from 1953 to 1957. The most recent is Until They Sail (1957).

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    Return to Paradise
    1953 · film · 100 min · dir. Mark Robson · IMDb ↗
    AdventureDramaRomance
    IMDb6.0

    An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

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    Until They Sail
    1957 · film · 94 min · dir. Robert Wise · IMDb ↗
    DramaRomanceWar
    IMDb6.557%

    Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

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