This time of year, elvis fans in the northern hemisphere appreciate anything that takes their mind off of cold air, snow and ice. Details about elvis presley with director hal walllis on blue hawaii filming set photo candid. Blue hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of hawaii and starring elvis presley. Blue hawaii 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Blue hawaii is a 1961 american musical romantic comedy film directed by norman taurog and starring elvis presley. And most of the extra tracks have never been released before. The musical comedy was released 55 years ago this week, on november 22, 1961. Also seen in this clip are elviss blue hawaii costars joan blackman, angela lansbury, and roland winters. Presley was born in tupelo, mississippi, and relocated to memphis, tennessee, with his family when he was years old. Thank you so much for watching, like share subscribe please comment below for.
Presleys snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business. Blue hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by american singer elvis presley, released on rca victor records in mono and stereo, lpmlsp 2426, on october 20, 1961. Elvis presley blue hawaii film ita film con elvis presley del 1962 by. Chad gates elvis presley returns home to hawaii after a stint in the army only to defy his parents roland winters and angela lansbury, who want him to follow them in the family pineapplegrowing empire. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the king of rock and roll or simply the king. The screenplay by hal kanter was nominated by the writers guild of america in 1962 in the category of best written american musical. Elvis stayed at the ocean tower at the hilton hawaiian village during filming in oahu from march to april 1961 and that same hotel was used to film many of the famous scenes in the movie. Blue hawaii was originally titled hawaiian beach boy. Blue hawaii is a 1961 musical directed by norman taurog and starring elvis presley, joan blackman and angela lansbury. Blues was fun and, when we consider all presley s films in production order, it worked well as a romantic comedy on its own. Leider war blue hawaii so erfolgreich, dass er zum blueprint aller folgenden. The song rockahula baby was written by ben weisman, fred wise, and dolores fuller onetime girlfriend of director ed wood who had written songs for many other elvis films.
The original 1961 album release of blue hawaii, had 14 songs on it. After arriving back in hawaii from the army, chad gates elvis presley defies his parents wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriends agency. Yet is a movie of considerable charm more than 47 years after its original release. Hawaii had only received us statehood in august 1959 and was eager to publicise its wonders in a major hollywood film. Ackuacku3152 blue hawaii elvis presley moonlight swim 1961. Lucky jackson viva las vegas, chad gates blue hawaii, clint reno love me tender, steve grayson speedway. In this film, elvis presley plays a scion to a hawaiian pineapple fortune. In the united states, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the top 10 on billboard s top pop lps chart. But elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide. Director norman taurog, nancy walters and elvis presley between scenes of blue hawaii blue hawaii 1961 elvis presley avec joan blackman et hal wallis. This movies sun, sand and surf are the perfect cure for the winter blues. Elvis presley began work on his 8th motion picture, blue hawaii, in late march of 1961 on location in hawaii.
Blue hawaii is a 2 cd special edition 2 cd set in the ftd elvis movie soundtrack series. Not only was the flick a hit but so was the soundtrack, going gold by the end of 1961, a success partially fueled by the ballad cant help falling in love, a song so good it suggests the rest of the record might contain. If you dont own a copy of this classic film, you can get blue hawaii on dvd from amazon you might also like this. Blue hawaii elvis presley cant help falling in love. Elvis presley gave his famous ukulele from this movie to hank garland, nicknamed sugarfoot. Over the course of his teenybopper movie period, elvis made three movies based in hawaii. If you dont own a copy of this classic film, you can get blue hawaii on dvd from amazon. In elvis presley more than 30 movies from blue hawaii 1961 to change of habit 1969 over the next eight years, almost none of which fit any genre other than elvis movie, which meant a light comedic romance with musical interludes. All my thanks to my wife, toni dayniac4324 for helping me make my very first video. Blue hawaii 1961 cast and crew cast photos and info. Blues was fun and, when we consider all presleys films in production order, it worked well as a romantic comedy on its own.
He recorded with elvis and toured with him from 1958 to 1961. Many of the places where elvis presley filmed blue hawaii on the island of oahu are still visible for elvis fans. Now this expanded 2 cd version from ftd has all these plus a multitude of interesting alternate takes. After arriving back in hawaii from the army, chad gates elvis. Blue hawaii 1961 stream and watch online moviefone. The previous day elvis had telegrammed the local honolulu star newspaper announcing that i know that i will enjoy your islands, i like to surf and swim. His mother angela lansbury expects him to climb the. Jul, 2019 over the course of his teenybopper movie period, elvis made three movies based in hawaii. Elvis presleys eighth film was blue hawaii, filmed in the tropical paradise of the hawaiian islands of oahu and kauai. Released november 22nd, 1961, blue hawaii stars elvis presley, joan blackman, angela lansbury, nancy walters the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100. Blue hawaii elvis presley cant help falling in love 1961.
As you drive though wailua and pass the deteriorating coco palms hotel, you cant understand why. But blue hawaii was really the film that would take elvis into a silly direction for most of his future movies in the 60s. Blaues hawaii originaltitel blue hawaii ist ein usamerikanischer musikfilm aus dem jahr 1961. The blue hawaii dvd starring elvis presley was good movie. Blue hawaii 1961 elvis presley and others artist visiting him on the movie. Blue hawaii 1961, girls, girls, girls 1962, and paradise, hawaiian style 1966. November elvis eighth movie, blue hawaii premiered in the usa.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue hawaii 1961 near you. Unfortunately, blue hawaii also locked presley into the musical comedy genre. Elvis aaron presley january 8, 1935 august 16, 1977 was an american singer and actor. Blue hawaii is the movie that elvis fans hate to love. Elvis presley and frenchy from the movie blue hawaii. Watch a clip of elvis presley singing rockahula from his movie blue hawaii in 1961. Elvis presley movies ranked by user rating a list of 31 titles created 3 months ago you gotta watch these bro a list of 21 titles created 8 months ago. Director norman taurog and nancy waters with elvis on the set for blue hawaii blue hawaii was elvis movie in 2 years after being discharged from the us army elvis blue hawaii 1961 see more. He had previously recorded the soundtrack and later returned to hollywood for additional filming. His mother angela lansbury expects him to climb the corporate ladder. Blue hawaii original soundtrack by elvis presley on apple. Dec 14, 2008 from the elvis presley movie blue hawaii. Garland was one of the top session guitar players during the 1950s in nashville, tennessee. Presleys snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business, but hed rather make his own way in.
Tycoons son elvis presley and girlfriend joan blackman turn tour guide. Cant help falling in love in this 1961 classic movie blue hawaii. Most had accompanying soundtrack albums, and together the movies and the records. Elvis presleys best movies, yearbyyear, from 1956 through 1969. On 9th november 1957 elvis arrived in hawaii for the very first time aboard the uss matsonia. It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring presley. If you are an elvis fan, this is a must buy to add to your collection.
Beach boy blues movie version from original soundtrack blue hawai. The movie was filmed on oahu and kauai, and the famous wedding scene was filmed. It was the signature film of elviss career and established him at the time as a major hollywood movie attraction. Got that elvis presley in blue hawaii also on this day in elvis history. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue hawaii 1961 near. Its the movie that sowed the seeds of elvis hollywood demise and pulled him away from his roots. Presley s snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business, but hed rather make his own way in. The essential elvis presley remastered 2007 the classic christmas album 2012 elvis christmas album. Blue hawaii movie locations on oahu elvis express radio. With elvis presley, joan blackman, angela lansbury, nancy walters. Elvis presley blue hawaii postcard for coco palms resort wedding scene from blue hawaii 1961 at coco palms hotel lagoon elvis came to coco palms hotel with the hollywood crew to film blue hawaii.
Classic aloha elvis presley in blue hawaii aloha spotter. Joan blackman elvis presley costar blue hawaii 1961. The elvis of the movie years rarely ventured beyond the soundstage, so there arent too many presley locations, but he could always be tempted out to hawaii, where this story of a gi turned beachcomber was filmed. Blue hawaii original soundtrack elvis presley soundtrack 1961. In the others there are secondary characters and extras wearing colorful. In blue hawaii hal wallis struck gold with elvis presley.
Listen free to elvis presley blue hawaii blue hawaii, almost always true and more. Featured prominently in the famous blue hawaii, coco palms closed out the film, and was the site where elviss character married in the finale. Elvis movies never came bigger than blue hawaii, the 1961 romantic musical comedy whose success helped push presley into near fulltime filmmaking for the bulk of the 60s. Elvis etched his initials into the ukulele for garland. Not only was the flick a hit but so was the soundtrack, going gold by the end of 1961, a success partially fueled by the ballad cant help falling in love, a song so good. There are occasional blemishes of a speck or two on the screen. Surprisingly, blue hawaii is the only one where elvis actually dons an aloha shirt himself. Cant help falling in love cover 1961 elvis presley blue hawaii i hope you enjoyed this video.