I liked this one but it seemed more like the cover of a historical novel than the cover of a lurid pulp thriller.
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BLUE HAWAII
TEXAS
Photo © Michael O’Brien, via Erica Grieder . . .
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ESTHER WILLIAMS
. . . in Hawaii (doubling for Tahiti) — Pagan Love Song, 1950.
This was Arthur Freed’s only try at producing an Esther Williams film — his innovation was shooting a lot of it on location. The film made a little money but not as much as most Esther Williams vehicles, because of the cost of the location work.
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COMING SOON
. . . on Amazon for the Kindle — a lurid pulp thriller with a supernatural edge.
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BLUE HAWAII
HAWAIIAN SHIRT PATTERN
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BEYOND THE REEF
THE HURRICANE
Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall in John Ford’s delightful potboiler from 1937.
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HAWAII
ELEANOR POWELL
. . . in the movie Honolulu, 1939. The dance Powell does in this grass skirt is NSFW.
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BLUE HAWAII
A PAUL GAUGUIN FOR TODAY
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KA ULUWEHI O KE KAI
A COMIC BOOK COVER FOR TODAY
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