Hawaii Calls (film)

Hawaii Calls
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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 (1938-03-11)
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

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

• 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

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Soundtrack

• 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

• 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