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Whoopee! 1920s wedding comedy: Lisa’s Home Bijou

July 2, 2018 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Whoopee! with Eddie Cantor was huge Broadway hit for Flo Ziegfeld. Western wedding musical comedy with troubling aspects. Lisa's Home Bijou: Whoopee! (1930)

Film Festival: Weddings, Hollywood Style In triumphant lettering the opening credits of Whoopee! (1930) announce “Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn present Eddie Cantor in Whoopee! A Musical Comedy of the Great Wide West.” FLORENZ “FLO” ZIEGFELD was best known for his Follies, his elaborate musical stage revues. Whoopee! is one of the few book musicals…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1930, Betty Grable, broadway, Busby Berkeley, classic films, Eddie Cantor, Florenz Ziegfeld, Goldwyn Girls, Gus Kahn, musical, vintage wedding, western

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Girls! Girls! Girls! Elvis sings

October 23, 2017 by Lisa Grable 8 Comments

Elvis Presley is a singing tuna fisherman in Hawaii trying to buy the boat his father built. Lisa's Home Bijou: Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

Film Festival: Elvis in Hawaii Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) stars Elvis Presley as a poor orphan working man, making his money by leading sport fishing tours, maintaining boats, catching tuna, and singing in a nightclub. There are two main girls in the film, Stella Stevens and Laurel Goodwin. I thought Stella Stevens would be the…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1962, classic film, Elvis Presley, Girls Girls Girls, Hawaii movie locations, Hawaii movies, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical, Stella Stevens

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Paradise, Hawaiian Style

October 9, 2017 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

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Film Festival: Elvis in Hawaii Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) stars Elvis Presley as a womanizing pilot who launches the idea of helicopter tours in the Hawaiian islands. It is one of the three films Elvis made in Hawaii and the aerial photography of Oahu and Kaua’i are just stunning. Are Elvis and the plot stunning?…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1966, classic film, Elvis Presley, Hawaii movie locations, Hawaii movies, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical, paradise Hawaiian style

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Blue Hawaii Elvis as beach boy

September 25, 2017 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Elvis Presley and Angela Lansbury star in a musical romantic comedy in Hawaii, with lots of tropical sites and activities. Lisa's Home Bijou: Blue Hawaii (1961)

Film Festival: Elvis in Hawaii Blue Hawaii (1961) is the first of the three Hawaii films starring Elvis Presley. The soundtrack album for this movie was a huge hit and three of his most famous songs are here: Blue Hawaii, I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You, and the Hawaiian Wedding Song. “Dreams come…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1961, Angela Lansbury, Blue Hawaii, Clara Inter, classic film, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Hawaii movie locations, Hawaii movies, Hilo Hattie, Joan Blackman, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Weekend in Havana musical romance

September 11, 2017 by Lisa Grable 1 Comment

Fun musical romantic comedy in pre-war Havana, Cuba, land of nightclubs, sugar cane fields, and tropical flowers. Lisa's Home Bijou: Weekend in Havana (1941)

Film Festival: The Islands and Tropicana Weekend in Havana (1941) is a fun musical romantic comedy that takes place in pre-war Havana. Cuba was a land of nightclubs and exciting drinks, sugar cane fields, hibiscus, ginger, and anthurium flowers. Rom-coms always revolve around the “meet cute” of the couple destined for romance. This musical is…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1941, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, classic film, cruise ship movie, Cuba, Harry Warren, John Payne, Lisa's Home Bijou, Mack Gordon, musical, Weekend in Havana

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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