Hawaii Calls

19381938
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1h 31m

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Ward Bond, Mamo Clark, and Raymond Paige in Hawaii Calls (1938)

After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover ... Read allAfter being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks.After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks.

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5.7/10

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- Edward F. Cline
- Wanda Tuchock(screenplay)
- Don Blanding(novel "Stowaways in Paradise")
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Bobby Breen and Ned Sparks in Hawaii Calls (1938)

Bobby Breen, Gloria Holden, Warren Hull, Pua Lani, and Ned Sparks in Hawaii Calls (1938)

Bobby Breen and Pua Lani in Hawaii Calls (1938)

Bobby Breen, Irvin S. Cobb, and Ned Sparks in Hawaii Calls (1938)

Bobby Breen and Mamo Clark in Hawaii Calls (1938)

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This film received its earliest documented telecasts in Los Angeles Sunday 2 May 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5) and in New York Saturday 28 August 1948 on WNBT (Channel 4).

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Referenced in Famous Movie Dogs (1940)

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Hawaii Calls
by Harry Owens
Sung by Bobby Breen (uncredited)

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Another that should be seen

A younger, cuter Bobby than seen in the already available 'ESCAPE TO PARADISE', so all due thanks to the Perlinger Archive. Caught up, as usual, in a paper-thin storyline, Master Breen continues to cope well enough to emerge as that rare commodity, a likable moppet who fills his role in a delightfully natural way. A pre-Pearl Harbor Japanese bad guy is as tense as the drama ever gets but there are a couple of decent songs which almost survive the IL' missing frame caper. One thing about the Breen movies, money and time WERE spent on the musical side of things - and it shows. Despite this, the Archive is doing more to keep the 30's and alive than any other single source so, as an important part of that decade, this earns its place on any 30's listing.

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