Waikiki Wedding (1937) | |
| Director(s) | Frank Tuttle |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
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Waikiki Wedding (1937) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Frank Tuttle and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr..
Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Song | Music and Lyrics by Harry Owens | Won |
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Musical Monday: Waikiki Wedding (1937)
on Jul 11, 2022 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Waikiki Wedding (1937) ? Mus... Read full article
BING'S BIRTHDAY MOVIE: Waikiki Wedding (1937)
on May 3, 2018 From Caftan WomanIt's that happy time of year again, Bing's birthday. Today we are looking at the third highest grossing film of its movie season behind The Good Earth and Maytime. Paramount broke the MGM stranglehold with its popular singing star. Waikiki Wedding plays to the strengths of the Bing movie pers... Read full article
BING'S BIRTHDAY MOVIE: Waikiki Wedding (1937)
on May 3, 2018 From Caftan WomanIt's that happy time of year again, Bing's birthday. Today we are looking at the third highest grossing film of its movie season behind The Good Earth and Maytime. Paramount broke the MGM stranglehold with its popular singing star. Waikiki Wedding plays to the strengths of the Bing movie pers... Read full article
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Bing Crosby sang "Sweet Leilani" by Harry Owens, which went on to win an Academy Award for Best Song. It beat out George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away from Me", which is from the 1937 film "Shall we Dance", and which, unlike the semi-forgotten "Sweet Leilani", became a classic. (Even the song "Blue Hawaii", also written for "Waikiki Wedding", is today more famous than "Sweet Leilani", thanks to Elvis Presley.) Bing Crosby sang four different Oscar winning songs in his films.
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