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Blue Hawaii

Year:

1961

Duration:

102 min

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

IMDB rate:

Director:

Norman Taurog

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1961-11-22

Filming Locations: Coco Palms Resort Hotel - 241 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,000,000

Gross: $10,440,453 (USA)$10,440,453 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Elvis Presley

Chad Gates

Joan Blackman

Maile Duval

Angela Lansbury

Sarah Lee Gates

Nancy Walters

Abigail Prentice

Roland Winters

Fred Gates

John Archer

Jack Kelman

Howard McNear

Mr. Chapman

Steve Brodie

Tucker Garvey

Christian Kay

Beverly Martin

Iris Adrian

Enid Garvey

Hilo Hattie

Waihila

Jenny Maxwell

Ellie Corbett

Pamela Austin

Selena (Sandy) Emerson (as Pamela Kirk)

Darlene Tompkins

Patsy Simon

Lani Kai

Carl Tanami

Jose De Vega

Ernie Gordon

Frank Atienza

Ito O'Hara

Tiki Hanalei

Ping Pong

Pamela Akert

Tom Carroll

Beach Party Guest (uncredited)

Roger Clark

Lawyer (uncredited)

Sharon Lee Connors

Bit Part (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Matron (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Gen. Anthony (uncredited)

Veronica Ericson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Pat Fackenthall

Extra (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Maile's Tourist Customer (uncredited)

Gregory Gaye

Paul Duval (uncredited)

Thomas Glynn

Man at Party (uncredited)

George Halas

Extra (uncredited)

Flora Hayes

Mrs. Maneka (uncredited)

Yolanda Hughes

Extra (uncredited)

Donna Juhl

Extra (uncredited)

Debra M. Kawamura

Extra (uncredited)

Gene LeBell

(uncredited)

Robert M. Luck

Extra (uncredited)

Clarence Lung

Lonnie, Bartender (uncredited)

Tani Marsh

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Maile's Tourist Customer (uncredited)

Irene Mizushima

Waitress (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Extra (uncredited)

Kate Murtagh

Woman at Party (uncredited)

Ngarua

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Patti Page

Woman Paddling Canoe Near Hotel (uncredited)

Rudi Polt

Extra (uncredited)

Robert Kenui Pope

Extra (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Harmonica-Playing Convict (uncredited)

Bella Richards

Extra (uncredited)

Michael Ross

Police Lt. Gray (uncredited)

Elsie Russell

Extra (uncredited)

Ron Veto

Hawaiian (uncredited)

Hal B. Wallis

Man Walking Down Street (uncredited)

Red West

Party Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Jenny Maxwell, who plays Ellie Corbett, was later the victim of a famous never solved murder when in June of 1981 she and her husband, prominent attorney Ervin "Tip" Roeder were gunned down at the entrance to their Beverly Hills condo. Police were never able to develop a viable suspect or motive for the double homicide. It was eventually written off as a botched robbery but it is worth noting that at the time of the murder Roeder was aggressively campaigning to reopen the investigation into the death under mysterious circumstances of another prominent actor, Nick Adams. Adams death was ruled an accidental drug overdose but many of his friends, including Roeder, didn't accept this explanation believing that Adams had probably been murdered.

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Film debut of Pamela Austin.

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Juliet Prowse, Elvis Presley's co-star in G.I. Blues (1960), was signed to play Maile, but she wanted to use another studio's make-up artist and have the studio pay to fly her secretary to Hawaii. When those conditions were refused, she pulled out of the film.

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Goofs

Sign pointing to Waianae is actually pointing towards Manoa Valley, on the other side of the island of O'ahu.

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When Chad first goes back to his parents' home and Ping Pong drops the hose, in one shot it is spraying water at the front tire on Chad's car. In the next shot from a different angle, it is spraying the back tire.

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In the "Almost Always True" number in the car, there is a bad cut when Maile's hands change position on the steering wheel and Chad's left arm goes from propped on his seatback to stretched out behind Maile.

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Quotes

Prison Inmate: You boys sing beautiful, I hope you get life with me! Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Sarah Lee Gates: My baby's home from the big house

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Chad Gates: You wanna know something - on you, wet is my favourite colour.

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Ellie Corbett: Don't start that child psychology bit, I'm no child.

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