ISLAND SETTING.
Comedy, music, and romance in glamorous Waikiki, Honolulu, enacted by a splendid cast including some of the best-known names of the radio and screen, mark Paramount's "Waikiki "Wedding." The cast is headed by Bing Crosby and includes Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross George Barbier, and Leif Erikson in the main roles, with background and atmosphere provided by two hundred and fifty native dancers, drummers, and musicians. Th^-- direction was handled by ;IFrank Tuttle, who is thoroughly at home with this type of comedy. The photography is beautiful and there are a number of native ceremonial dances which will be long remembered. The music is excellent. Blue Hawaii," "Sweet is the Word for Tfou," "In a Little Hula Heaven," and Okolehao," by the celebrated pair, Robin and Rainger, are claimed ;to be in the hit class. . ;
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 21
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138ISLAND SETTING. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 21
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