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Song of the Islands

1942 · 76 min

A bright, breezy Technicolor escape full of songs, sunshine and harmless romantic sparring that asks nothing of you.

Tagline
BETTY'S EVEN GOT THE PALM TREES SWAYING!
Overview
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • family
    • class
    Places
    • sea
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • musical
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism4
    Romance7
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, music, romance
    Directed by
    Walter Lang
    Written by
    Joseph Schrank, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis, Robert Pirosh
    Starring
    Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Thomas Mitchell, George Barbier, Billy Gilbert, Hilo Hattie, Lillian Porter
    Cinematography
    Ernest Palmer
    Runtime
    76 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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