Thursday, May 10, 2012

Night and You in BLUE HAWAII



ELVIS (need I say Presley) made thirty motion pictures - - thirty-two if you count the two documentary features at the end.

All but a few in the waning years made lots of money for its producers and the theatres which exhibited them.

BLUE HAWAII, the eighth movie ELVIS made, was his highest-grossing film and one of his best. It was his first film after being released by the U.S. Army. Perhaps this is why movie-goers turned out time-after-time to see it. Regardless, they did turn out.

BLUE HAWAII played local theatres eleven different times:

November 19, 1961 - a SNEAK preview showing - CAPITOL THEATRE
November 22 - 28, 1961 - CAPITOL THEATRE
March 30 - April 3, 1962 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
May 24 - 25, 1962 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE
July 13 - 14, 1962 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
May 19 - 21, 1963 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE
October 16 - 17, 1963 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
May 10 - 12, 1964 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
May 20 - 22, 1965 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
October 8 - 9, 1965 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
October 14 - 15, 1966 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE