Song of the Islands
“BETTY'S EVEN GOT THE PALM TREES SWAYING!”
1942•1h 16m•7.0•Released
ComedyMusicRomance
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.
Director
Walter Lang
Writer
Robert Pirosh, Robert Ellis, Joseph Schrank, Helen Logan
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Betty Grable
Eileen O'Brien
Victor Mature
Jefferson Harper
Jack Oakie
Rusty Smith
Thomas Mitchell
Dennis O'Brien
George Barbier
Jefferson Harper Sr.
Billy Gilbert
Palola's Father
Hilo Hattie
Palola
Lillian Porter
Palola's Cousin
Harry Owens
Harry Owens
Hal K. Dawson
John Rodney
Alexander Pollard
Matthews - Valet (uncredited)
Harold Lishman
Maleko - Old Native (uncredited)
Amu Cordone
Specialty Act (uncredited)
Donna La Barr
Islander (uncredited)
Virginia Davis
Islander (uncredited)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
William LeBaron
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