Tiki Nose Art - General Tiki

C creativenative Tiki Socialite Drifting on my outrigger canoe Joined: Feb 17, 2012 Posts: 353	C creativenative Posted posted on Thu, May 16, 2013 12:05 PM Here's a Hollywood account of this South Seas nose art phenomena in the movie THE BAMBOO BLONDE (1946) RKO. Great story too about a fictional pre-tiki WWII / Poly club connection. Engaged but not happy pilot falls in falls in love with torch singer in NYC. Shipped to the South Seas he has his men paint the singer on the nose of his bomber but with a South Seas two piece sarong. If I recall correctly, the nose art becomes famous when a newspaper photographer shoots it and the photo gets widely distributed. The torch singer gets discovered because of the nose art and she and the club owner changes her act and the establishment to a pre-tiki South Seas club with hula dancers and more sarongs.

Here's a Hollywood account of this South Seas nose art phenomena in the movie THE BAMBOO BLONDE (1946) RKO. Great story too about a fictional pre-tiki WWII / Poly club connection. Engaged but not happy pilot falls in falls in love with torch singer in NYC. Shipped to the South Seas he has his men paint the singer on the nose of his bomber but with a South Seas two piece sarong. If I recall correctly, the nose art becomes famous when a newspaper photographer shoots it and the photo gets widely distributed. The torch singer gets discovered because of the nose art and she and the club owner changes her act and the establishment to a pre-tiki South Seas club with hula dancers and more sarongs.

Post #678337 by creativenative on Thu, May 16, 2013 12:05 PM