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Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy drama film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley.The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. [3]
Stage and film director Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986), saw young Maxwell when she was 16 years old and a high school student in Brooklyn, New York.He had her do a screen test to use her in one of his films then in production, possibly to portray Frank Sinatra's character "Dave Hirsch's" niece "Dawn Hirsch", daughter of his older brother Frank, (later played by Betty Lou Keim (1938-2010), who ...
She had significant roles in two Elvis Presley films: she played Maile Duval in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii, and the following year played Rose Grogan in Kid Galahad. She also appeared with Dean Martin in Career (1959), and played Ellen Spelding, the love interest of Kreton, the character of Jerry Lewis in Visit to a Small Planet (1960).
Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by the American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961. [6] It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring Presley.
Lani Kai (born George Clarence Dennis James Von Ruckleman Woodd III; August 15, 1936 – August 29, 1999) was a Hawaiian singer and actor.He had a role in the Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii and was a regular cast member of the television series Adventures in Paradise.
Principal photography in Paradise, Hawaiian Style began in Hawaii on July 27, 1965 (with the working title of Hawaiian Paradise) and finished on September 29 in Los Angeles. [2] Major scenes in both Blue Hawaii (1961) and this film were shot on the island of KauaŹ»i, with the Coco Palms Resort prominently featured.
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Austin was born in Omaha, Nebraska.She spent part of her childhood in Europe, as her father served a tour of duty with the Air Force there. Austin studied dancing at Sacramento State College, and found work with the Tony Martin nightclub act upon arriving in Hollywood.