Blue Hawaii

1961

Blue Hawaii

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Movie Info

In this film, Elvis Presley plays a scion to a Hawaiian pineapple fortune. Presley's snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business, but he'd rather make his own way in the world. He lands a job at a tourist agency.

Rating:

PG (For mild thematic elements.)
Genre:

Classics, Musical & Performing Arts, Romance
Directed By:

Norman Taurog
Written By:

Hal Kanter, Allan Weiss
In Theaters:

Nov 22, 1961 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

May 2, 2000
Runtime:

101 minutes
Studio:

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Elvis Presley
as Chad Gates

Joan Blackman
as Maile Duval

Angela Lansbury
as Sarah Lee Gates

Roland Winters
as Fred Gates

Howard McNear
as Mr. Chapman

Nancy Walters
as Abigail Prentice

John Archer
as Jack Kelman

Flora Hayes
as Mrs. Manaka

Gregory Gaye
as Mr. Duval

Steve Brodie
as Mr. Garvey

Iris Adrian
as Mrs. Garvey

Darlene Tompkins
as Patsy

Pamela Akert
as Sandy

Christian Kay
as Beverly

Hilo Hattie
as Waihila

Jenny Maxwell
as Ellie

Frank Atienza
as Ito O'Hara

Lani Kai
as Carl

Pamela Kirk
as Selena (Sandy) Emerson

Jose De Vega
as Ernie

Ralph Hanalie
as Wes

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Critic Reviews for Blue Hawaii

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...any problems that arise are easily solved with a ukulele and a song.

Feb 23, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
It's the kind of film you would probably only watch if on a long-distance airplane flight.

Mar 11, 2009 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
amateurishly slung together and telegraphs all its moves well in advance

Aug 15, 2003 | Rating: C | Full Review…

John A. Nesbit
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Audience Reviews for Blue Hawaii

May 26, 2016

Hawaii (circa 1961) and ol'swivel hips is our personal tour guide. Angela Lansbury plays comic relief as his overmomming Southern mommie and Floyd the barber's in there, too, for comic backup lest attention starts to wander. This is strictly for fans of the Pelvis though. Hawaii looks good too. Rock-A-Hula, baby!

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Sep 29, 2009

A great singer Elvis Prisley acting in this movie and he stole the hearts of his female fans. . Great songs

Arianeta L Super Reviewer
Sep 04, 2008

For your consideration,it's Elvis.Excellent rockabilly singer,what's with the acting you'll ask yourselves?Nothing really,it's for the sake of girlies.Tacky situations and camp classic for those who...dare to sit through (I did).It's a fun passing time if you can handle it and it's mainly interesting to watch Lansbury on a jumpy role.

Dimitris S Super Reviewer
May 22, 2007

For some reason i enjoyed watching this one.

Jason Super Reviewer