
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. Wi... (Full plot summary below)
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Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA pleasant but routine star vehicle for Bing Crosby, with an Oscar winning song that created a scandal at the time. |
| User ReviewBreen PWonderful Movie, Bing croons Blue Hawaii amazingly, I cannot agree about Martha Raye being ugly. Great Picture |
| User ReviewMichael TEnjoyable Paramount musical is a pretty postcard for Hawaii and features the Oscar-winning song "Sweet Leilani." |
| User ReviewAj VAnother average Crosby movie taking place in Hawaii this time around. Predictable ending, silly jokes, annoying songs, but sometimes funny. |
| User ReviewDave JLike many of Elvuis's movies, the story is built around Bing Crosby's songs in which a young lady, Georgia Smith (Shirley Ross) winning a miss pineapple contest with a prize of 3 weeks in Hawaii. Because she was also promised romance with this vacation and is unable to get any, she's then want to leave her vacation early , and that is when executives send Bing Crosby over as Tony Marvin to woo her and convince her to stay. Both Martha Raye as Myrtle Finch and Bob Burns as Shad Buggle also stars as comedy relief. |
| User ReviewJo YWow. Bing Crosby is so much better than this film. Interesting scenes of traditional Hawaiian dances and ceremonies make up for the total lack of plot. And of course the sexist stereotypes are rampant, with weepy beautiful women and ugly loudmouth desperate women that keep messing everything up. I mean, "Miss Pineapple Princess"? WTF? The music is good, though, even if it doesn't really relate to the film. |