Blue Hawaii (1950)

• 63%
• 1950
• Animation
• Seymour Kneitel

"Blue Hawaii" begins as a travelogue. As we watch an impossible number of persons board an ocean liner, the narrator tell us, "Each year thousands of fun- and sun-worshiping vacationists flock to the Hawaiian islands, eight semi-tropical islands nestled like sparkling gems in the languid waters of the blue Pacific." The cartoon provides visual puns and wacky sight gags as we are taken to "dazzling Diamond Head"; Pearl Harbor (a harbor surrounded by a giant pearl necklace); Waikiki Beach; and a still-active volcano (that needs a spittoon for its eruptions). We see how poi is made and how canned pineapple is harvested. We witness a luau and see a native girl throw a lei on Jimmy Durante's nose. Next, we're invited to follow the bouncing ball and sing along to "Blue Hawaii.