Movie Night: Blue Hawaii

free admission and free popcorn. Hosted by Biltro

Blue Hawaii (1961) is an American musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley.

The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical.

The film opened at number two in box office receipts that week and, despite mixed to unfavorable reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing film of 1961 and 14th for 1962 in the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million.

The film won a fourth place Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.