Post #521075 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 9:27 PM

Funny. The knowledge of this film has always been there for me since I can remember, in ads, booklets, soundtrack albums, display cases at the Cinerama Dome....and I just sort of took it for granted as a corny documentary blown up to commercial spectacle proportions (then again, what else is Tiki? :) ), so I sort of paid little attention to it. But since I became aware that it is LOST, my interest was awakened, now I really want to see it, too! How many prints were made of Cinerama movies, that all of them can disappear!? Dang!

Here's a synopsis from Imdb.com:

"The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues---and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. The first one involves an American girl, on a cruise to Hawaii, who makes friends with another American girl who lives in Hawaii. The first girl meets the second girl's family, and the Hawaiian-girl's brother takes an interest in her. The second segment follows the skipper of a sailing vessel taking the route followed by Captain Cook; the next concerns an artist who paints the sights of Tahiti; An American ex-G.I, stationed in New Zealand during World Warr II, returns for a real visit; and the finale is about a group of settlers arriving in the Australian out-back, and the value of the two-way radio.The 120-minute running time includes a 15-minute intermission, as part of the listed running-time."

More info on Cinerama:
http://www.redballoon.net/~snorwood/book/index.html

So what did Don do in the film? And who was Eddie Titiki !?:

Diane Beardmore as "Kay Johnson"
Don Middleton as "Her Husband"
Don the Beachcomber as "Don the Beachcomber"
Ed Olsen as "Amos Dorn, skipper of the Te Vega"
Eddie Titiki as "Himself"

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-03-30 21:51 ]