Moonlight in Hawaii

1941 film by Charles Lamont

Moonlight in Hawaii

Directed by| Charles Lamont
Written by| Eve Greene
Morton Grant
Produced by| Ken Goldsmith
Starring| Jane Frazee
Johnny Downs
Leon Errol
Cinematography| Stanley Cortez
Edited by| Arthur Hilton
Music by| Frank Skinner

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* November 21, 1941 (1941-11-21)

Running time

| 60 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Moonlight in Hawaii is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs and Leon Errol.[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Future star Maria Montez has a small role, with her hair dyed blonde.[2]

## Plot

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Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.

At a resort, bandleader Clipper Conovan can't hire the musicians, but hotel guest Toby Spencer, taking a shine to Pete, introduces him to her father Walter, who runs a pineapple plantation. Walter is involved in a business dispute with his partner, Lawton, and both men vie for Mrs. Floto's attentions as well.

Toby falls for Pete, who discovers she can sing and wants her to be a part of the band's new act. But one of Mrs. Floto's nieces also wants to sing, and exotic entertainer Ilani catches everyone's eye, too. Toby and Pete ultimately form a partnership, professionally and romantically, while Mrs. Floto, unable to decide between the two pineapple growers, surprises both by deciding to marry Clipper the bandleader.

## Cast

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* Johnny Downs as Pete
* Jane Frazee as Toby
* Leon Errol as Spencer
* Mischa Auer ... Clipper
* Charles Coleman as Butler
* Sunnie O'Dea as Gloria
* Marjorie Gateson as Aunt Effie Floto
* Richard Carle as Lawton
* Maria Montez as Ilani
* Janet Warren as Doris
* Judd McMichael as Ollie Barrett
* Ted McMichael as Red Simpson
* Joe McMichael as Beans Smith
* Mary Lou Cook as Mary Lou
* Ernie Stanton as Truck Driver (uncredited)

## References

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1. ^ Fetrow p.321
2. ^ Moonlight in Hawaii at Maria Montez

## Bibliography

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* Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

## External links

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* Moonlight in Hawaii at IMDb
* Moonlight in Hawaii at TCMDB

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Films directed by Charles Lamont

* Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
* Sons of Steel (1934)
* The Curtain Falls (1934)
* A Shot in the Dark (1935)
* False Pretenses (1935)
* One Run Elmer (1935)
* The Dark Hour (1936)
* Below the Deadline (1936)
* Bulldog Edition (1936)
* August Weekend (1936)
* Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
* International Crime (1938)
* Slander House (1938)
* Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
* Cipher Bureau (1938)
* Long Shot (1939)
* Pride of the Navy (1939)
* Verbena Tragica (1939)
* Little Accident (1939)
* Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
* Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
* Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
* Give Us Wings (1940)
* San Antonio Rose (1941)
* Road Agent (1941)
* Sing Another Chorus (1941)
* Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
* Melody Lane (1941)
* Don't Get Personal (1942)
* Almost Married (1942)
* You're Telling Me (1942)
* Hi, Neighbor (1942)
* Get Hep to Love (1942)
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
* It Comes Up Love (1943)
* Mister Big (1943)
* Hit the Ice (1943)
* Fired Wife (1943)
* Top Man (1943)
* Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
* Her Primitive Man (1944)
* The Merry Monahans (1944)
* Bowery to Broadway (1944)
* Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
* That's the Spirit (1945)
* Frontier Gal (1946)
* The Runaround (1946)
* Slave Girl (1947)
* The Untamed Breed (1948)
* Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
* Bagdad (1949)
* Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
* I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
* Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
* Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
* Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
* Flame of Araby (1951)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
* Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
* Ricochet Romance (1954)
* Untamed Heiress (1954)
* Carolina Cannonball (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
* Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
* The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
* Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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