Post #672919 by creativenative on Mon, Apr 1, 2013 3:57 AM

Thanks for the responses and comments.

To Bigbro: more to come in the future.

To Lucas Vigor: Nice comments. Good to hear from a guy who lived the history. Sorry though, I couldn't to a thread on bars I don't know enough about them. I do remember filming in some old Chinatown bars in the 80s some are still around but I don't think they are intact in the interiors. But you are right they were "dirty & nasty".

To khan tiki mon: Love your love for the genre. See some good picts in your post. Love your SOUTH OF SAMOA insert poster, reminds me of one of my favorites the 3-sheet SOUTH OF SAMOA which is almost like yours but BIGGER. I think framed inserts and lobby card posters are better for home tiki lounges though, because 3-sheets and larger are too big, they'll take a whole wall. Perusing through a bunch of smaller tiki collectibles are more in the spirit of a true tiki room.

Also love your Mexican KON TIKI lobby card, the graphics are nice, especially the tiki idol and hula dancer images. You are correct on GIDGET on all aspects. This first GIDGET movie is set in So Cal so it is not a true South Seas Cinema film BUT it is what we call a Polynesian Pop Picture because it is set outside the Pacific Ocean with Polynesian influences which are many in a "Beach" movie such as this. You are right it is a good movie with the prospective that it has the stereotypical Hawaiian surfing, aloha shirts, tikis and of course the "big Kahuna". There will be in the future website a page for Polynesian Pop Pictures, may I say the offspring of South Seas Cinema. GIDGET will definitely be among that list. Maybe combining the two production categories one could call it Tiki Theater.

Anyway PM me about becoming a member, it will be faster.

Thanks

P.S. I also love the fact that were discussing South Seas & Poly Pop movie ephemera here on this thread. The genre and website is also about the images the studios pumped out for promotions or publicity. You TCers like khan share you Tiki Theater collectible images here.