Blue Hawaii
Comedy, Musical
Paramount Pictures  (1961) 101 mins PG

5.6 (1,498 votes)
The year was 1961. Fallout shelters dot suburban backyards. Ken joins Barbie. Roger Maris slugs 61 home runs. And Elvis Presley is in paradise, playing an ex-G.I. who comes home to Blue Hawaii. His mother (Angela Landsbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder. But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide. Lucky Elvis: his first customers are a carful of cuties. Elvis, lovely scenery, lovelier girls and rock-a-hula songs -- now that's paradise!...

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Cast and Crew
Elvis Presley  ......  Chad Gates
Angela Lansbury  ......  Sarah Lee Gates
Joan Blackman  ......  Maile Duval
Nancy Walters  ......  Abigail Prentice
Jenny Maxwell  ......  Ellie Corbett
Pamela Austin  ......  Selena
Director  .....  Norman Taurog
Producer  .....  Hal B. Wallis; Paul Nathan
Writer  .....  Hal Hanter; Allan Weiss; Hal Kanter
Notes
Filming Locations:
Coco Palms Resort Hotel - 241 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA (more)

Trivia:
Juliet Prowse, Presley's co-star in G.I. Blues (1960), was signed to play Maile, but she wanted to use another studio's make-up artist and have the studio pay to fly her secretary to Hawaii, she pulled out of the film. (more)

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Every time they show the travel agency where Chad’s girlfriend works, the traffic outside the window has a blue Ford Falcon and a 1957 white Ford convertible moving from the same spot. (more)

Quotes:
Maile Duval: You're pretty sure of yourself.
Chad Gates: Isn't it about time?
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations (more)