Blue hawaii 1961 elvis presley and others artist visiting him on the movie. 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. In this film, elvis presley plays a scion to a hawaiian pineapple fortune. The original 1961 album release of blue hawaii, had 14 songs on it. If you are an elvis fan, this is a must buy to add to your collection. Lucky jackson viva las vegas, chad gates blue hawaii, clint reno love me tender, steve grayson speedway. Blue hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of hawaii and starring elvis presley. In blue hawaii hal wallis struck gold with elvis presley. As you drive though wailua and pass the deteriorating coco palms hotel, you cant understand why.
The screenplay by hal kanter was nominated by the writers guild of america in 1962 in the category of best written american musical. Ackuacku3152 blue hawaii elvis presley moonlight swim 1961. 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. November elvis eighth movie, blue hawaii premiered in the usa.
Elvis presley and frenchy from the movie blue hawaii. Many of the places where elvis presley filmed blue hawaii on the island of oahu are still visible for elvis fans. Hawaii had only received us statehood in august 1959 and was eager to publicise its wonders in a major hollywood film. Blue hawaii is a 2 cd special edition 2 cd set in the ftd elvis movie soundtrack series.
Classic aloha elvis presley in blue hawaii aloha spotter. 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. If you dont own a copy of this classic film, you can get blue hawaii on dvd from amazon. The blue hawaii dvd starring elvis presley was good movie. His mother angela lansbury expects him to climb the corporate ladder.
The movie was filmed on oahu and kauai, and the famous wedding scene was filmed. But blue hawaii was really the film that would take elvis into a silly direction for most of his future movies in the 60s. Blue hawaii elvis presley cant help falling in love. He recorded with elvis and toured with him from 1958 to 1961. 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. Presley was born in tupelo, mississippi, and relocated to memphis, tennessee, with his family when he was years old. Elvis presley blue hawaii film ita film con elvis presley del 1962 by. Cant help falling in love cover 1961 elvis presley. Tycoons son elvis presley and girlfriend joan blackman turn tour guide. With elvis presley, joan blackman, angela lansbury, nancy walters.
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. Blue hawaii 1961 stream and watch online moviefone. Blue hawaii 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Blues was fun and, when we consider all presley s films in production order, it worked well as a romantic comedy on its own.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue hawaii 1961 near. Dec 14, 2008 from the elvis presley movie blue hawaii. This time of year, elvis fans in the northern hemisphere appreciate anything that takes their mind off of cold air, snow and ice. Director norman taurog, nancy walters and elvis presley between scenes of blue hawaii blue hawaii 1961 elvis presley avec joan blackman et hal wallis. 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. Watch a clip of elvis presley singing rockahula from his movie blue hawaii in 1961. 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 1961. Presley s snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business, but hed rather make his own way in. Surprisingly, blue hawaii is the only one where elvis actually dons an aloha shirt himself. In the others there are secondary characters and extras wearing colorful. Details about elvis presley with director hal walllis on blue hawaii filming set photo candid. 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.
Blue hawaii is a 1961 musical directed by norman taurog and starring elvis presley, joan blackman and angela lansbury. Unfortunately, blue hawaii also locked presley into the musical comedy genre. His mother angela lansbury expects him to climb the. Blue hawaii is the movie that elvis fans hate to love. Blue hawaii original soundtrack by elvis presley on. Leider war blue hawaii so erfolgreich, dass er zum blueprint aller folgenden. Yet is a movie of considerable charm more than 47 years after its original release. 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. Beach boy blues movie version from original soundtrack blue hawai. Elvis presley gave his famous ukulele from this movie to hank garland, nicknamed sugarfoot. 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. Elvis presley began work on his 8th motion picture, blue hawaii, in late march of 1961 on location in hawaii. On 9th november 1957 elvis arrived in hawaii for the very first time aboard the uss matsonia.
Garland was one of the top session guitar players during the 1950s in nashville, tennessee. Cant help falling in love in this 1961 classic movie blue hawaii. 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. 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. 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.
It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring presley. There are occasional blemishes of a speck or two on the screen. Presleys snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business. Elvis presleys best movies, yearbyyear, from 1956 through 1969. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. 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 aaron presley january 8, 1935 august 16, 1977 was an american singer and actor. 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. Also seen in this clip are elviss blue hawaii costars joan blackman, angela lansbury, and roland winters. Listen free to elvis presley blue hawaii blue hawaii, almost always true and more. Cant help falling in love cover 1961 elvis presley blue hawaii i hope you enjoyed this video. Blue hawaii is a 1961 american musical romantic comedy film directed by norman taurog and starring elvis presley. But elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide.
Elvis presleys eighth film was blue hawaii, filmed in the tropical paradise of the hawaiian islands of oahu and kauai. Blue hawaii 1961, girls, girls, girls 1962, and paradise, hawaiian style 1966. After arriving back in hawaii from the army, chad gates elvis. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue hawaii 1961 near you. 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. He had previously recorded the soundtrack and later returned to hollywood for additional filming. Now this expanded 2 cd version from ftd has all these plus a multitude of interesting alternate takes. Presleys snooty mother wants him to take over the management of the family business, but hed rather make his own way in.
Blues was fun and, when we consider all presleys films in production order, it worked well as a romantic comedy on its own. The essential elvis presley remastered 2007 the classic christmas album 2012 elvis christmas album. The musical comedy was released 55 years ago this week, on november 22, 1961. 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. Jul, 2019 over the course of his teenybopper movie period, elvis made three movies based in hawaii. Blue hawaii movie locations on oahu elvis express radio. Have read about hawaiian hospitality and am eagerly looking forward to same.
Blue hawaii original soundtrack by elvis presley on apple. All my thanks to my wife, toni dayniac4324 for helping me make my very first video. Thank you so much for watching, like share subscribe please comment below for. Got that elvis presley in blue hawaii also on this day in elvis history. And most of the extra tracks have never been released before. Elvis presleys famous movie spots in hawaii rockahula. Blaues hawaii originaltitel blue hawaii ist ein usamerikanischer musikfilm aus dem jahr 1961. Elvis etched his initials into the ukulele for garland. 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.
Blue hawaii was voted the most popular elvis presley movies by elvis fans. Its the movie that sowed the seeds of elvis hollywood demise and pulled him away from his roots. Blue hawaii 1961 cast and crew cast photos and info. Blue hawaii was originally titled hawaiian beach boy. This movies sun, sand and surf are the perfect cure for the winter blues. Featured prominently in the famous blue hawaii, coco palms closed out the film, and was the site where elviss character married in the finale. Most had accompanying soundtrack albums, and together the movies and the records. Joan blackman elvis presley costar blue hawaii 1961.
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