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Blue Hawaii 2
Elvis' eighth film was "Blue Hawaii", filmed in the tropical
paradise of the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai.
With fourteen songs, more than any other Elvis film, the soundtrack
album spent a total of 79 weeks on Billboard's pop album chart,
with 20 of those weeks at #1.
Nancy Walters played the role of schoolteacher Abigail Prentice.
Other credits include the 1966 movie "The Singing Nun". Jenny
Maxwell played Ellie Corbett.
She also appeared in the 1963 movie "Take Her She's Mine" and a
number of television roles in such series as "My Three Sons",
"Bonanza", "Dr. Kildare",
"Wagon Train" and "Death Valley Days".
Darlene Thompkins played Patsy Simon. She worked on another Elvis
film playing Ms. Stevers in "Fun In Acapulco".
Other career credits include working as stunt double for Cheryl Ladd
in the TV series "Charlie's Angels".
Christian Kay played Beverly Martin. Among her credits is the TV
series "My Three Sons".
Pamela Austin played Sandy Emerson. She later worked on another
Elvis movie playing Selena Tatum in "Kissin' Cousins".
She also appeared in numerous TV series including "Columbo", "It
Takes A Thief", "Laugh In", "The Wild, Wild, West", "Hawaiian Eye",
"My Three Sons" and "Wagon Train". She and Elvis dated for a short
time.
John Archer played Jack Kelman. Father of actress Anne Archer, he
may be best known for his radio announcer days when he would voice
the following line,
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
Howard McNear played Mr. Chapman in "Blue Hawaii", the first of
three Elvis movies he appeared in. The two other Elvis movie roles
were a bank vice president in "Follow That Dream" and Dr. John
Stevers in "Fun In Acapulco". The veteran character actor was the
original voice of Doc Adams in the radio version of "Gunsmoke" and
he appeared in many roles for television. His most famous role was
that of Floyd the barber on television's "The Andy Griffith Show".
You might notice in watching him in this role that, after the second
year, he was usually filmed sitting down.
This was due to the effects of having suffered a stroke that
impaired his left side.
Steve Brodie played troublemaker Tucker Garvey in "Blue Hawaii". His
two other Elvis movie roles were Freddie in "Roustabout" and an
uncredited role in "Paradise, Hawaiian Style". He too has had a long
career as a character actor. Among his credits are the films "The
Story of Will Rogers", "The Treasure of Monte Cristo", "Anchors
Aweigh", and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". His numerous television
credits include the series "Rawhide", "CHiPs", "Bonanza" and
"Burke's Law".
Veteran character actress Iris Adrian played Enid Garvey in "Blue
Hawaii".
Her notable credits are too many to list as she played hundreds of
roles in films and on television.
Frank Atienza played Ito O'Hara in "Blue Hawaii". His other Elvis
movie appearance was in "Girls! Girls! Girls!".
He also had a recurring part as a policeman in the Hawaii-based
television series "Magnum P.I."
Guy Lee played Ping Pong the houseboy in "Blue Hawaii" and he played
Chen Young in the Elvis movie "Girls! Girls! Girls! His career
credits include the films
"Flower Drum Song" and "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" and the television
series "Bachelor Father", "Wild, Wild West" and "Bonanza".
Richard Reeves had the role of the harmonica playing jailhouse
inmate in "Blue Hawaii". His four other Elvis movie roles were
Officer Wilkins in "Girl Happy", a bartender in "Tickle Me", a
Bedouin in "Harum Scarum" and a man on the street in "Frankie and
Johnny". He also had roles in numerous television series including
"Man From Uncle", "Superman", "Loredo", "Batman", "Gunsmoke",
"Rawhide", and "Perry Mason" to name just a few.
Elvis loved Hawaii. It was one of his favorite places to vacation.
This movie, which is now available on DVD, provides us with a
glimpse into the beauty of these islands. That combined with the
romantic tropical music Elvis sings creates within us all the desire
to visit "Blue Hawaii".
Correction Part 1:
Through an editing error we incorrectly identified Angela Lansbury's
role in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" as voice for animation.
Actually, her performance was on camera, live action with the
animation. |
