Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

His newest! His Biggest!

Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes clear that romance and flying don't always mix.

Date of release
1966-04-23
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (55)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Music, Comedy, Romance
Director
Michael D. Moore

Casting

Interesting facts

Paradise, Hawaiian Style is a 1966 American musical comedy film directed by Michael Moore and starring Elvis Presley. It was the third and final motion picture that Presley filmed in Hawaii. The film reached #40 on the Variety weekly box office chart, earning $2.5 million in theaters. In agreeing to do this film, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, was hoping to replicate the success of Presley's 1961 film, Blue Hawaii.

Production

Principal photography in Paradise, Hawaiian Style began in Hawaii on July 27, 1965 (with the working title of Hawaiian Paradise) and finished on September 29 in Los Angeles.

Major scenes in both Blue Hawaii (1961) and this film were shot on the island of Kauaʻi, with the Coco Palms Resort prominently featured. The famous resort was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and never rebuilt.

Some scenes were filmed above, at and around the Polynesian Cultural Center on O'ahu.

Around the official wrap on production, Presley met Tom Jones, who visited the set, and The Beatles, who visited Presley's Bel Air home a few weeks after production was completed. Presley was still the biggest singing star and top actor in the world at this time, with his salary for every film being a million dollars and half the profits which $1.25 million for Hawaiian Style. Presley made $2.25 million from this film.

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