BLUE HAWAII (director: Norman Taurog; screenwriters: Hal
Kanter/from a story by Allan Weiss; cinematographer: Charles
Lang, Jr.; editor: Terry Morse; music: Joseph J. Lilley; cast:
Elvis Presley (Chad Gates), Joan Blackman (Maile Duval), Roland
Winters (Fred Gates), Angela Lansbury (Sarah Lee Gates), Nancy
Walters (Abigail Prentice), Jenny Maxwell (Ellie Corbett),
Pamela Kirk (Selena 'Sandy' Emerson), Darlene Tompkins (Patsy
Simon), Christian Kay (Beverly Martin), Howard McNear (Mr.
Chapman), John Archer (Jack Kelman), Flora K. Hayes (Grandma
Manaka); Runtime: 103; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Hal Wallis;
Paramount; 1961)  "It's the kind of film you would probably only
watch if on a long-distance airplane flight."  Reviewed by
Dennis Schwartz  Your typical crappy Elvis flick, that's shot at
a time when his manager Colonel Tom Parker signed him up to
appear in such formulaic mediocre films that all were
commercially successful but lacking any cred as far as
creativity or depth. Therefore we will never never no k