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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 ]
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.
The film peaked at #6 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at #19 on the year-end list of the top-grossing films of 1962, having earned $2.6 million at the box office. [3] It was also nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture - Musical in 1963. The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location ...
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).
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 ...
Title Director Cast Genre Note 20,000 Eyes: Jack Leewood: Gene Nelson, Merry Anders: Thriller: 20th Century Fox: The Absent-Minded Professor: Robert Stevenson: Fred ...
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington officially opened on Aug. 5, 1961, and Theresa Pool, 5, was the first visitor on opening day. — Star-Telegram Here are photos from the Star-Telegram’s ...
"Blue Hawaii" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross.Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937 [2] as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani".