Post #592961 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, Jun 8, 2011 6:32 PM

Found this tantalizing little ad when I was doing some newspaper archive research:

The phrase that got me of course was:

"The Tiki, God of Fertility, The Love Idol Beneath the Sea!"

Looking up the movie online, I found the following description, which doesn't mention the idol under the sea, unfortunately:

A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, courtships, and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage, for males, on one island , is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankle breaking the fall at the last minute.

The movie poster was nice, but no tiki either:

But as I've found several times in the past, the Spanish version of the movie poster often delivers:

You can purchase decent and inexpensive reproductions of this poster in two sizes at this website:

http://www.moviepostershop.com/the-last-paradise-movie-poster-1955