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Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Hell's Half Acre (1954) From Here to Eternity (1953) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) Waikiki Wedding (1937)
The producers stated that the title was meant to be ironic and is meant to draw audiences who may not be familiar with the history of Hawaii. [5] The film was finally released for wider distribution as Princess Kaiulani. Many native Hawaiians were disappointed that the film used a non-Hawaiian for the title role. [6]
The Wind & the Reckoning is an American Hawaiian Western historical drama film produced and directed by David L. Cunningham.The film is "a story inspired by real-life events" that are known as the Koolau Rebellion in Hawaii, particularly a 1906 Hawaiian-written account by Pi'ilani, the wife of one of its combatants.
Hawaii is a 1966 American epic drama film directed by George Roy Hill.It is based on the eponymous 1959 novel by James A. Michener.It tells the story of an 1820s Yale University divinity student who, accompanied by his new bride, becomes a Calvinist missionary in the Hawaiian Islands.
Eleanor Powell's dance routines were given a mostly Hawaiian flavor. One of her routines was performed in blackface in tribute to Powell's idol, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson. The comedy of Burns and Allen is also featured, although the two actors work separately for much of the movie, their characters only meeting in the final minutes. Powell and ...
"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaiʻi", written by Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, and Johnny Noble in Hawaii in 1933, is a Hawaiian song in the Hawaiian musical style known as hapa haole. One of the earliest recordings by Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra reached number one on the charts in 1934. [ 1 ]
In just a matter of weeks, we’ll be ditching our pumpkin spice lattes for mugs of hot cocoa, complete with festive gear and fuzzy socks. But of course, no holiday is complete without a Christmas ...
Waikiki Wedding is a 1937 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross. [2] Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged with extolling the virtues of the Territory of Hawaii.