In true Bing form, there are numerous songs sung by Crosby, but a meandering, outline of a plot. The awesome Grady Sutton is in here, as well as Martha Raye and a young Anthony Quinn, in one of his earlier appearances. This thing goes all around the mulberry bush, but is a fun adventure, none-the-less. Shirley Ross (born Bernice Gaunt) had connections with Bob Hope and Bing, completing the circle of hollywood performers. At one point, the girls try to smuggle sacred pearls off the island. when they learn what a crime that is, they give them back to the natives. We hear several versions of "Blue Hawaii", all just beautiful, many years before Elvis... twenty years before Hawaii became one of the states. and of course, southern Bob Burns, for comic relief. it's all okay. kind of like a Bob Hope, Bing Crosby road film before there were road films. the exotic location was certainly exciting for the time (and still is! ) Directed by Frank Tuttle, who had given up tons of information during the hearings for the Un-American Committee. It's pretty good... available on video, and shows on Turner Classics now and then !
Review of Waikiki Wedding
