South Seas Cinema: The 1960s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1960s! 1960s BLUE HAWAIʽI (1961) PARAMOUNT. Classic Elvis Presley hip-swing filmed and set on Kauaʽi and Oʽahu. Elvis marries a part-Hawaiian young lady despite is mom’s Southern prejudices. DEVIL AT 4 O’CLOCK, THE (1961) COLUMBIA. Spencer Tracy and Frank […]
South Seas Cinema: The 1950s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1950s! ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT (1953) MGM. Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger in this South Seas adventure/drama. Whaling brothers, beautiful native girl, murderous pearl traders all set the plot for this film. BIRD OF PARADISE (1951) 20TH CENTURY-FOX. […]
South Seas Cinema: The 1940s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1940s! ADVENTURES OF MARTIN EDEN, THE (1942) COLUMBIA. Semi-autobiographical account of writer Jack London as a crew member of a Pacific cargo ship with a tyrannical, bully of a Captain. Stars Glen Ford and partially set in Tahiti. ALOMA […]
2018 Theme: South Seas Cinema
If you can’t travel to a tropical paradise, at least you can watch it on the big screen and imagine you are there. Like Tiki bars, Hollywood recreated an environment of the South Seas for the similar purpose of allowing the landlocked urbanite to escape the concrete jungle, if only for a couple hours. Visiting Polynesian supper clubs, Americans cast themselves […]
South Seas Cinema: The 1930s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1930s! BIRD OF PARADISE (1932) RKO. An American visitor falls for South Seas chief’s daughter. Stars Dolores del Rio and Joel McCrea. Standard for volcano sacrifice scenes. THE BLACK CAMEL (1931) FOX. Warner Oland, Bela Lugosi, and Robert Young […]
