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Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
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1 March 1953 (USA)
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Plot:
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize. full summary | add synopsis
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Mediocre musical -- yawn
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| William Lundigan | ... | Capt. W.W. 'Bill' Willoby | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Diana Forrester | |
| Mitzi Gaynor | ... | Rozouila | |
| David Wayne | ... | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | |
| Gloria DeHaven | ... | Angela Toland | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Rev. Paul Edgett | |
| Jack Paar | ... | Lt. Mike Sloan | |
| Alvin Greenman | ... | Cpl. Kolta | |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | King Jilouili | |
| Henry Kulky | ... | First Sergeant Jones |
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Friendly Island (USA) (working title)
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87 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
USA:Approved (PCA #15195)
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Filmed between February 19 and mid-March 1951, with additional scenes shot in April and October, this movie was held back until its wide release on March 1, 1953.
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Reverend Edgett:
Ouch! ...You know, when a minister strikes his thumb, it's very frustrating.
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Referenced in "American Masters: Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'" (1997)
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ALL OF ME
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Oddball cast fails to enliven unimaginative rip-off of SOUTH PACIFIC. Songs by the brilliant Harold Arlen and Ralph Blaine make little impression.
Mitzi Gaynor is amusingly miscast as a native Polynesian girl (with honey-colored hair?!)
Lundigan has about as much charisma as one of the coconuts Gaynor keeps dropping on his head (in real life, of course, a coconut falling on you could easily kill you). Still, the three women in the picture compete madly for his attentions while a pack of love-hungry G.I.s act really stupid every time they glimpse a woman's ankles.
Filmed in 1950 but not released till 1953 -- that suggests to me the studio knew it was a stinker.