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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1953 film by Mark Robson</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Return_to_Paradise_1953_poster.jpg/220px-Return_to_Paradise_1953_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Return_to_Paradise_1953_poster.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="391" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Robson_(film_director)" title="Mark Robson (film director)">Mark Robson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kaufman_(screenwriter)" title="Charles Kaufman (screenwriter)">Charles Kaufman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Paradise_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Return to Paradise (novel)">Return to Paradise</a></i><br />1951 novel<br />by <a href="/wiki/James_A._Michener" title="James A. Michener">James A. Michener</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Harry Lenart</li><li>Mark Robson</li><li>Theron Warth</li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(actor)" title="Barry Jones (actor)">Barry Jones</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Haynes" title="Roberta Haynes">Roberta Haynes</a><br />John Hudson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Winton_C._Hoch" title="Winton C. Hoch">Winton C. Hoch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Mandell" title="Daniel Mandell">Daniel Mandell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Tiomkin" title="Dimitri Tiomkin">Dimitri Tiomkin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Color process</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Aspen Productions</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>July 10, 1953<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1953-07-10</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">100 minutes<br />88 minutes<br />(TCM print)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$515,00<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$1.8 million (US)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Return to Paradise</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/South_Seas_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Seas (genre)">South Seas</a> <a href="/wiki/Adventure_film" title="Adventure film">adventure</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Drama film">drama film</a> released by <a href="/wiki/United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was directed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Robson_(film_director)" title="Mark Robson (film director)">Mark Robson</a> and starred <a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(actor)" title="Barry Jones (actor)">Barry Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Haynes" title="Roberta Haynes">Roberta Haynes</a>. It was based on a <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a>, "Mr. Morgan", by <a href="/wiki/James_Michener" class="mw-redirect" title="James Michener">James Michener</a> in his 1951 short story collection <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Paradise_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Return to Paradise (novel)">Return to Paradise</a></i>, his sequel to his 1947 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_South_Pacific" title="Tales of the South Pacific">Tales of the South Pacific</a></i>. It was filmed on location in <a href="/wiki/Matautu,_Lefaga" title="Matautu, Lefaga">Matautu, Lefaga</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa">Western Samoa</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Paradise_(1953_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1920s, itinerant American beachcomber Mr. Morgan (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a>) is deposited in the village of Matareva on the island of <a href="/wiki/Upolu" title="Upolu">Upolu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a> in the South Pacific. When he decides to stay he is confronted by Pastor Cobbett (<a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(actor)" title="Barry Jones (actor)">Barry Jones</a>), who lost both his father and his wife as a young missionary on the island. Cobbett rules Matareva as a <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritanical</a> despot, using local bullies as "wardens" to enforce his rules. "Morgan <i>Tane</i>" stays on Matareva by winning the support of the natives after he defeats the wardens with the aid of an empty shotgun. Morgan has an illegitimate child, Turia (Moira Walker), by island girl Maeva (<a href="/wiki/Roberta_Haynes" title="Roberta Haynes">Roberta Haynes</a>). After Maeva's death in childbirth, the distraught Morgan departs the island, leaving Turia behind with her grandmother. </p><p>Morgan returns to Matareva during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, where he reconciles with Cobbett, who has become a friend and teacher to the islanders, and meets Turia. She falls in love with an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Force</a> pilot, Harry Faber, after he crash-lands his cargo plane in the lagoon. An interesting irony is that when Morgan first arrived, Cobbett tried to force him to leave the island lest he get an island girl pregnant. Now he faces the same thing when Faber tries to seduce his daughter, Turia, as a diversion while awaiting pickup by the Navy. Morgan intervenes and makes Faber and his crew leave, using the same empty shotgun as an inducement. When Turia forgives him, Morgan decides to remain with her on Matareva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Paradise_(1953_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a> as Mr. Morgan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(actor)" title="Barry Jones (actor)">Barry Jones</a> as Pastor Thomas Cobbett</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Haynes" title="Roberta Haynes">Roberta Haynes</a> as Maeva</li> <li>Moira MacDonald as Turia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hudson_(actor)" title="John Hudson (actor)">John Hudson</a> as Capt. Harry Faber</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Mamea_Matatumua_Ata" title="Le Mamea Matatumua Ata">Le Mamea Matatumua Ata</a> as Tonga</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Kruse" title="Hans Kruse">Hans Kruse</a> as Rori, age 21</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dunleavy" title="Terry Dunleavy">Terry Dunleavy</a> as Mac</li> <li>Howard Poulson as Russ</li> <li>Donald Ashford as Cutler</li> <li>Herbert Ah Sue as Kura</li> <li>Va'a as Rori, age 9</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Paradise_(1953_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title song "Return to Paradise," by <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Tiomkin" title="Dimitri Tiomkin">Dimitri Tiomkin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ned_Washington" title="Ned Washington">Ned Washington</a>, was featured in the soundtrack. It has been recorded by artists including <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Horn" title="Shirley Horn">Shirley Horn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Paradise_(1953_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Return to Paradise</i> was released on DVD on December 31, 2009, as part of the MGM Limited Edition Collection series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Paradise_(1953_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/variety189-1953-03/page/n2/mode/1up?q=%22brought+in+at%22">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Paradise' Cost 515G, Ballyhoo Set at 500G"</a>. <i>Variety</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Early+Film+Criticism+of+Francois+Truffaut&rft.pages=148&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780253113436&rft.aulast=Dixon&rft.aufirst=Wheeler+Winston&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXP4Ugr7Bv8UC%26q%3DReturn%2Bto%2BParadise%2B%25281953%2Bfilm%2529%26pg%3DPA148&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReturn+to+Paradise+%281953+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStanley2004" class="citation book cs1">Stanley, David (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EDGapfBX-CAC"><i>Moon Handbooks South Pacific</i></a>. 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title="I Want You (1951 film)">I Want You</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Return to Paradise</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell_Below_Zero" title="Hell Below Zero">Hell Below Zero</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phffft" title="Phffft">Phffft</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridges_at_Toko-Ri" title="The Bridges at Toko-Ri">The Bridges at Toko-Ri</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Prize_of_Gold" title="A Prize of Gold">A Prize of Gold</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trial_(film)" title="Trial (film)">Trial</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Harder_They_Fall_(1956_film)" title="The Harder They Fall (1956 film)">The Harder They Fall</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Hut" title="The Little Hut">The Little Hut</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Place_(film)" title="Peyton Place (film)">Peyton Place</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inn_of_the_Sixth_Happiness" title="The Inn of the Sixth Happiness">The Inn of the Sixth Happiness</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Terrace" title="From the Terrace">From the Terrace</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nine_Hours_to_Rama" title="Nine Hours to Rama">Nine Hours to Rama</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prize_(1963_film)" title="The Prize (1963 film)">The Prize</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Von_Ryan%27s_Express" title="Von Ryan's Express">Von Ryan's Express</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Command" title="Lost Command">Lost Command</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dolls_(film)" title="Valley of the Dolls (film)">Valley of the Dolls</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daddy%27s_Gone_A-Hunting_(1969_film)" title="Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969 film)">Daddy's Gone A-Hunting</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday,_Wanda_June" title="Happy Birthday, Wanda June">Happy Birthday, Wanda June</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Limbo_(1972_film)" title="Limbo (1972 film)">Limbo</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_(1974_film)" title="Earthquake (1974 film)">Earthquake</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avalanche_Express" title="Avalanche Express">Avalanche Express</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="James_A._Michener" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="Centennial (novel)">Centennial</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_(novel)" title="Chesapeake (novel)">Chesapeake</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Watermen" title="The Watermen">The Watermen</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Covenant_(novel)" title="The Covenant (novel)">The Covenant</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_(Michener_novel)" title="Space (Michener novel)">Space</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poland_(novel)" title="Poland (novel)">Poland</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Texas_(novel)" title="Texas (novel)">Texas</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_(Michener_novel)" title="Legacy (Michener novel)">Legacy</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alaska_(novel)" title="Alaska (novel)">Alaska</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_(novel)" title="Caribbean (novel)">Caribbean</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Journey_(novel)" title="Journey (novel)">Journey</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Novel" title="The Novel">The Novel</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(novel)" title="South Pacific (novel)">South Pacific</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mexico_(novel)" title="Mexico (novel)">Mexico</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Recessional_(novel)" title="Recessional (novel)">Recessional</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_in_Seville" title="Miracle in Seville">Miracle in Seville</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matecumbe_(novel)" title="Matecumbe (novel)">Matecumbe</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Voice_of_Asia" title="The Voice of Asia">The Voice of Asia</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge_at_Andau" title="The Bridge at Andau">The Bridge at Andau</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rascals_in_Paradise_(short_story_collection)" title="Rascals in Paradise (short story collection)">Rascals in Paradise</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iberia_(book)" title="Iberia (book)">Iberia</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collectors,_Forgers_%E2%80%93_And_A_Writer:_A_Memoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Collectors, Forgers – And A Writer: A Memoir">Collectors, Forgers – And A Writer: A Memoir</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_and_the_Raven" title="The Eagle and the Raven">The Eagle and the Raven</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Lost_Mexico" title="My Lost Mexico">My Lost Mexico</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_My_Home" title="The World Is My Home">The World Is My Home</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Literary_Reflections" title="Literary Reflections">Literary Reflections</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Paradise</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sayonara" title="Sayonara">Sayonara</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Until_They_Sail" title="Until They Sail">Until They Sail</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(1958_film)" title="South Pacific (1958 film)"><i>South Pacific</i> (film)</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adventures_in_Paradise_(TV_series)" title="Adventures in Paradise (TV series)"><i>Adventures in Paradise</i></a> (1959-1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_(1966_film)" title="Hawaii (1966 film)"><i>Hawaii</i></a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hawaiians_(film)" title="The Hawaiians (film)"><i>The Hawaiians</i></a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial_(miniseries)" title="Centennial (miniseries)"><i>Centennial</i></a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_(miniseries)" title="Space (miniseries)"><i>Space</i></a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Michener%27s_Texas" title="James A. Michener's Texas"><i>Texas</i></a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(2001_film)" title="South Pacific (2001 film)"><i>South Pacific</i> (film)</a> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Yoriko_Sabusawa" title="Mari Yoriko Sabusawa">Mari Yoriko Sabusawa (wife)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michener_Center_for_Writers" title="Michener Center for Writers">Michener Center for Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journey_Prize" title="Journey Prize">Journey Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Michener_Art_Museum" title="James A. Michener Art Museum">James A. 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