Post #717366 by ManFromT.I.K.I. on Sun, May 18, 2014 12:41 PM

I don't know if this is the most Tiki, but I recently watched "Green Dolphin Street" (1947). Two sisters, Lana Turner and Donna Reed, fall in love with the same man (yeah, in my dreams). It's largely set in 1840's New Zealand. Maori culture may be a little too far afield(?)b but the sets are great---lots of native carvings everywhere---and the film won an Oscar for special effects (there's a fantastic earthquake scene).

Another one I like is "Honolulu" (1939) starring Eleanor Powell. She gives a tour de force dance performance as part of a very classy Polynesian-themed floor show, complete with a Hawaiian Big Band featuring Andy Iona on steel guitar. Pure island escapist fantasy.