
2019 Theme: Catch the New Wave!
“Catch the New Wave!” is an obvious nod toward Surf music, while “New Wave” is a blast from the early 1980s. In the 1980s, simultaneous to New Wave, was the “Second Wave” in the swell of Surf Music history, the charge was mainly led by Los Angeles bands like Agent...
South Seas Cinema: The 1960s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1960s! 1960s BLUE HAWAIʽI (1961) PARAMOUNT. Classic Elvis Presley hip-swing filmed and set on Kauaʽi and Oʽahu. Elvis marries a part-Hawaiian young lady despite...
South Seas Cinema: The 1950s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1950s! ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT (1953) MGM. Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger in this South Seas adventure/drama. Whaling brothers, beautiful native girl,...
South Seas Cinema: The 1940s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood – the 1940s! ADVENTURES OF MARTIN EDEN, THE (1942) COLUMBIA. Semi-autobiographical account of writer Jack London as a crew member of a Pacific cargo ship with a...
2018 Theme: South Seas Cinema
If you can't travel to a tropical paradise, at least you can watch it on the big screen and imagine you are there. Like Tiki bars, Hollywood recreated an environment of the South Seas for the similar purpose of allowing the landlocked urbanite to escape...
South Seas Cinema: The 1930s
Film Historian Matthew Locey shares his favorite movies from the golden age of Hollywood - the 1930s! BIRD OF PARADISE (1932) RKO. An American visitor falls for South Seas chief’s daughter. Stars Dolores del Rio and Joel McCrea. Standard for volcano...