Hawaii Calls (film)

Hawaii Calls
Hawaii Calls
	Lobby card
Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Don Blanding (novel); Wanda Tuchock (writer)
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack MacKenzie
Edited by	Arthur Hilton
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	March 11, 1938;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hawaii Calls is a 1938 American musical drama film directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Sol Lesser Productions and Bobby Breen Productions, and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Plot[edit]

Just for the adventure of it, orphan boy Billy Coulter stows away on a Hawaii-bound cruise ship. Even after he is discovered, his talent for making new friends allows him safe passage.

Coulter makes two special friends on the voyage, Captain O'Hare and ship's musician, Strings, who claims to be an expert at "The Bulgarian Banjo".

Coulter ends up preventing a major jewel robbery, and he is adopted by Naval Commander Milburn.

Cast[edit]

Bobby Breen as Billy Coulter
Ned Sparks as Strings
Irvin S. Cobb as Captain O'Hare
Warren Hull as Commander Milburn
Gloria Holden as Mrs. Milburn
Juanita Quigley as Doris Milburn
Mamo Clark as Hina
Pua Lani as Pua
Raymond Paige as himself
Herbert Rawlinson as Harlow
Dora Clement as Mrs. Harlow
Philip Ahn as Julius
Donald Kirke as Regon
William Abbey as Lonzo
Ward Bond as Muller
Birdie De Bolt as Aunty Pinau
Laurence Duran as Banana
William Harrigan as Blake
Ruben Maldonado as Solly
Aggie Auld as Hula Dancer
Cy Kendall as Hawaiian Policeman

Soundtrack[edit]

Bobby Breen – "Down Where the Trade Winds Blow" (Written by Harry Owens)
Bobby Breen – "Hawaii Calls" (Written by Harry Owens)
Bobby Breen – "That's the Hawaiian in Me" (Written by Johnny Noble and Margarita Lake)
"España" (Music by Emmanuel Chabrier)
"Macushla" (Words by Josephine V. Rowe, music by Dermot Macmurrough)
"Song Of The Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii)" (Words and Music by Charles E. King)

External links[edit]

Hawaii Calls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Hawaii Calls at IMDb
Hawaii Calls is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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