The Film Noir Thread - Beyond Tiki

B bongofury Grand Member (6 years) Ventura County Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 1565	B bongofury Posted posted on Sat, May 15, 2010 1:50 PM Hell's Half Acre was all shot in Honolulu except one short scene in San Francisco (probably a Hollywood set). Don Beach was technical adviser. The rare book "Hawaii In The Movies" 1898-1959 confirmed my suspicions that "Chet's Hawaiian Retreat" was actually Don The Beachcomber's. There is about 20 minutes of exteriors & interiors of DTB. Key Luke from the Charlie Chan series is also in it. Jungle Heat was filmed entirely on Kauai and the bar at the Coco Palms hotel and features a score by Les Baxter. Forbidden Island was filmed at Silver Springs in Florida except the "Phillipine Bar" scenes that according to Martin Denny (he is Marty the piano player in the bar) those scenes were shot at Trader Vic's in Honolulu. Cry Danger is excellent!

Hell's Half Acre was all shot in Honolulu except one short scene in San Francisco (probably a Hollywood set). Don Beach was technical adviser. The rare book "Hawaii In The Movies" 1898-1959 confirmed my suspicions that "Chet's Hawaiian Retreat" was actually Don The Beachcomber's. There is about 20 minutes of exteriors & interiors of DTB. Key Luke from the Charlie Chan series is also in it. Jungle Heat was filmed entirely on Kauai and the bar at the Coco Palms hotel and features a score by Les Baxter. Forbidden Island was filmed at Silver Springs in Florida except the "Phillipine Bar" scenes that according to Martin Denny (he is Marty the piano player in the bar) those scenes were shot at Trader Vic's in Honolulu.

Cry Danger is excellent!

Post #530377 by bongofury on Sat, May 15, 2010 1:50 PM