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10/31/06: Hawaiian BBQ & Fish in Long Beach 

Los Angeles Daily News - Jan 09 7:00 AM
AN EXPLOSION of bright color greets one at Hawaiian BBQ & Fish. This is the Hawaii of Technicolor dreams. Actually, the color greeting starts with the multicolored Popeyes chain outlet on the corner of 10th Street and Long Beach Boulevard.
Monk Seals: The usually sequestered seal makes its return 
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Jan 10 2:14 PM
Hawaiian monk seals, called "living fossils," are increasing in number in the main islands and could be encountered on some beaches.
Ongoing events 
Honolulu Advertiser - Jan 12 6:10 AM
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.
Neighbor Islands 
Honolulu Advertiser - Jan 12 6:10 AM
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchases. Call venue for details.

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Blue Hawaii
Directed by Norman Taurog
Michael Hawaiin Sunset D. Moore (assistant)
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Written by Allan Weiss (story)
Hal Hawaian Sunset Kanter (screenwriter)
Starring Elvis Presley
Joan Blackman
Angela Lansbury
Music by Joseph J. Lilley
Cinematography Charles Lang
Editing by Terry O. Morse
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) November 22, 1961
Running time 102 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Blue Hawaii is Hawiian Sunset a 1961 musical film set in the Hawaiia Sunset state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. It was one of his most popular Hwaiian Sunset films.

Contents

  • 1 Plot
  • 2 Trivia
  • 3 Primary cast:
  • 4 Record album
    • 4.1 Recording musicians
    • 4.2 Tracks
      • 4.2.1 Side 1
      • 4.2.2 Side 2
  • 5 See also
  • 6 External links

Plot

Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His father wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant. So Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.

Trivia

Much of the film was shot on location at the Coco Palms Resort on the East shore of Kauai. The resort has been abandoned since Hurricane Iniki in 1992, but is now slated for redevelopment. Information can be found here [1]. Elvis himself visited the resort several times after the movie, always staying in cottage number 56.

Interestingly, at the beginning of the film, as his girlfriend is driving him from the airport, Elvis' character says, "Wigi wigi, to the beach!"

Primary cast:

  • Elvis Presley  : Chad Gates
  • Joan Blackman  : Maile Duval
  • Pamela Austin  : Selena (Sandy)

Record album

Blue Hawaii
Soundtrack by Elvis Presley
Released October 1, 1961
Elvis Presley chronology
Something for Everybody (June 17, 1961) Blue Hawaii Pot Luck (June 5, 1962)


Recorded from March 21 to 23 of 1961 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, the album of the same title was released in October.

Recording musicians

  • Elvis Presley (vocals)
  • The Surfers (background vocals)
  • The Jordanaires (background vocals)
  • Hank Garland, Tiny Timbrell (guitar)
  • Bernie Lewis (steel guitar)
  • Bob Moore (bass)
  • Floyd Cramer, Dudley Brooks (piano)
  • D.J. Fontana, Bernie Mattinson, Hal Blaine (drums)
  • Boots Randolph (sax)
  • George Field (harmonica)
  • Fred Tavares, Alvino Rey (ukulele)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Blue Hawaii - (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger)
  2. Almost Always True - (Ben Weisman & Fred Wise)
  3. Aloha Oe - (Queen Liliukalini)
  4. No More - (Don Robertson & Hal Blair)
  5. Can't Help Falling In Love - (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore)
  6. Rock-a-hula Baby - (Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, Dolores Fuller)
  7. Moonlight Swim - (Ben Weisman & Sylvia Dee)

Side 2

  1. Ku-u-i-po (Hawaiian Sweetheart) - (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore)
  2. Ito Eats - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  3. Slicin' Sand - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  4. Hawaiian Sunset - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  5. Beach Boy Blues - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  6. Island Of Love - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  7. Hawaiian Wedding Song - (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Charles King)

See also

  • List of Elvis Presley films
  • Elvis Presley discography

External links

  • Elvis in Hawaii all you want to know about the movie
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