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On an Island with You ** (1948, Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Xavier Cugat, Leon Ames, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 11,515

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1948 musical Technicolor romantic comedy film On an Island with You stars Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Xavier Cugat, Leon Ames and Marie Windsor. MGM’s colourful, escapist musical concerns a swimming […]

Aug, 25

Diamond Head ** (1962, Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, James Darren, France Nuyen, Aline MacMahon) – Classic Movie Review 11,043

The creaky, old-style 1962 drama film Diamond Head is a case of well-meaning, but badly dated and overheated melodramatics in Hawaii, with Charlton Heston over-egging the pudding as a bigoted, bullying Hawaiian landowner. ‘The Giant […]

Mar, 25

Big Jim McLain (1952, John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness) – Classic Movie Review 9833

Director Edward Ludwig’s 1952 thriller Big Jim McLain is McCarthyite rightist propaganda from John Wayne’s production company, with John Wayne and James Arness as US government agents – House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain […]

May, 28

The Hawaiians *** (1970, Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen, Mako) – Classic Movie Review 8455

Director Tom Gries’s 1970 adventure film The Hawaiians [Master of the Islands] is the continuing history of James Michener’s huge novel Hawaii, as conjured up by the best minds of Hollywood, with Charlton Heston, as […]

May, 10

Waikiki Wedding *** (1937, Bing Crosby, Shirley Ross, Bob Burns, Martha Raye) – Classic Movie Review 7392

Director Frank Tuttle’s pleasant, carefree 1937 musical comedy romance Waikiki Wedding stars a fresh-faced Bing Crosby, who croons the grass skirts off Hawaiian maidens, in this entirely jovial and genial Paramount Pictures musical, best remembered, […]

Aug, 03

Paradise, Hawaiian Style * (1966, Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Irene Tsu, Donna Butterworth, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6854

Elvis Presley stars as Rick Richards, a civil helicopter pilot who plans to start a charter flying service in Hawaii and plays the field romantically, and Suzanna Leigh co-stars forlornly as his main love interest, […]

Mar, 25

Ride the Wild Surf ** (1964, Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden) – Classic Movie Review 5963

Sixties heartthrobs Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown ride the Hawaiian surf and romance lovelies Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden and Susan Hart, in director Don Taylor’s frothy and flaky 1964 Ride the Wild Surf, […]

Aug, 24

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