Blue Hawaii

• Elvis Presley: Chadwick "Chad " Gates
• Joan Blackman: Maile Duval
• Angela Lansbury: Sarah Lee Gates
• Nancy Walters: Abigail Prentice
• Roland Winters: Fred Gates
• John Archer: Jack Kelman
• Howard Mc Near: Mr. Chapman
• Steve Brodie: Tucker Garvey
• Christian Kay: Beverly Martin
• Iris Adrian: Enid Garvey
• Hilo Hattie: Waihila
• Jenny Maxwell: Ellie Corbett
• Pamela Austin: Selena Sandy Emerson
• Darlene Tompkins: Patsy Simon
• Lani Kai: Carl Tanami
• Jose De Vega: Ernie Gordon
• Frank Atienza: Ito O'Hara
• Tiki Hanalei: Ping Pong

Blue Hawaii (AKA Blue Hawaii) is an American musical film released in 1961. It was the eighth feature film in which Elvis Presley played a role and he is also regarded as Presley's most successful film. The title song of the film is the same English title Blue Hawaii.

Action

As they have moved to the beach hut and go for a swim in the water, they are discovered by some Hawaiian friends who just sit there in the boat and make music. Chad gets in the boat and sings Aloha Oe. Then the friends ask him how it was in Naples and Chad says that he has brought from there a song. Now he sings No More.

Chad spends the next five days in his beach hut and not going home, because he knows what awaits him there: his parents want to give him in the family's pineapple plantation a job while he something of her own on the legs and wants to be a guide.

On one of these evenings he goes with Maile to her grandmother, who will celebrate her 87th birthday. Chad presented the grandmother as a gift a music box, which he brought back from Europe and plays a European love song. To the tune of the music box he sings Can not Help Falling In Love.

After his parents have brought in experience that Chad is back in Hawaii, he must be able to look at home, but refuses to take a job in the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company. When organized for him Welcome Home Party sees his mother for the first time his girlfriend Maile and keeps them for not befitting. To save Maile before a lengthy discussion with the parents, the friend of the young couple Hawaiian band strikes up the song Rock-a- Hula Baby, to the Chad comes on stage and sings.

The next morning, Chad takes a job at the Hawaiian Iceland Tours at, for which Maile works, and takes a tour group, consisting of a teacher and four students. They ride together in the car to a pineapple plantation and sing Moonlight Swim. In the evening they attend a party together and Chad sings the song Ku -ui -po. During the subsequent fish food of Hawaiians Ito is not satisfied and has six servings still hungry, what with the song commented on Chad Ito Eats. Immediately following the dance number Slicin ' sand.

The following evening the tour group visited a bar, singing in Chad Hawaiian Sunset. During the evening there is a dispute between Chad and another guest, which initially results in a fight between them and the result ends up in a mass brawl. All participants in the brawl are then locked up in prison and Chad sings the song Beach Boy Blues in his grief.

After his father has paid the deposit, Chad comes free and can the next day with his tour group, the " Island of Love " visit Kauai. During a tour Ritts on the island of Kauai sing - Iceland Of Love.

In the following night the events rush: first is the student Ellie Corbett on and knocks on Chads door to seduce him. When he tries to refer just the room, knocking two other students who miss her robe and her perfume, the Ellie has borrowed without their knowledge. When Chad can convince everyone to go back to their beds, there is another knock at the door. This time it's the teacher, Mrs. Prentice, the Chad reported, with joy face that she has found the love of her life in Hawaii. Chad feared by their exuberant joy that their choice might have fallen on him and the mithörende on the other side of the window Ellie feared the same thing. In her disappointment, she steals a jeep in which she moves at a fast pace it. At the same time Mrs. Prentice puts her arms around Chad's shoulder as the present on the way to Chad Maile the two looks through the window and out of this situation also draws the wrong conclusions. Furious, she takes the withdrawal, while the two students knock at Chad's door and tell of Ellie's behavior. To prevent them from stupidity, Chad runs after her and finds her at sea, where they threaten to drown herself. Chad pulls out of the water and transmits it to the beach.

At breakfast together the next morning, Chad learns that Mrs. Prentice has fallen in love with the older Jack Kelman. When that he reported that Maile seems to be in a very bad shape, Chad rushes to his girlfriend, who accuses him of having seen him the previous evening in embrace with the teacher. When Chad told her that Mrs. Prentice but Jack Kelman loves complains Maile " Something better you fall not a well? How stupid do you think I am? " And refers him of the room. When she later sees out the window and actually Mrs. Prentice and Jack Kelman finds in familiar embrace, she realizes that Chad having never lied. Now the way is clear for her wedding, which is celebrated with the Hawaiian Wedding Song.

Locations

The between March 17 and April 17, 1961 within just one month of wacky film was made on location as the Coco Palms Resort Hotel in Kapaa, the Coconut Coast and the Hanauma Bay Beach Park.

Anecdotes

After Ellie went into the water with their clothes the night before, they sneeze the next morning at breakfast together. Then you want - even in the original English version (!) - Chad and some of the trip participants ' health ". In the English version of Chad declared: "." "That's good When you see how many friends you Goth, Sneeze, and then count the " health The German word is actually used by some people in the U.S., with very few Americans whose actual meaning know.

Reviews

" The nothingness of action is promotional tour of the Hawaiian Islands, which so often are in the picture together with traditional wedding ceremony, flower garlands and beautiful brochures as the King. "

Blue Hawaii " " Unfortunately, " so successful that it became the blueprint of all the following Elvis movies: colorful, kitschy, something exotic - filled to the brim with music and girls and sparsely populated of action. His film career started hopefully buried the king (or his manager Colonel Parker) under a sea of ​​flowers. What remains is cheerful Hulakitsch with a very relaxed acting star. "