Blue Hawaii
Directed by	Norman Taurog Michael D. Moore (assistant)
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Allan Weiss (story) Hal 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	November 22, 1961
Running time	102 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

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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. Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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 at www.cocopalms.com. Elvis himself visited the resort several times after the movie, always staying in cottage number 56. Hurricane Iniki (Hawaiian for Enid[3]) was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Islands in recorded history. ...

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)

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Record album

Recorded from March 21 to 23 of 1961 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, the music album of the same title was released in October. Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...

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)

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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)

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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)

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See also

• List of Elvis Presley films
• Elvis Presley discography

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External links

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