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The "Honolulu Baby" song/dance number
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on October 12, 2019 at 10:27 PM
I've watched this terrific Laurel and Hardy comedy a couple times during the last few days and now can't get the song "Honolulu Baby" out of my head! It's very catchy!
Here's the clip of it. The singer is Ty Parvis. Lead hula dancer is Charita.
As the costuming of the dancing girls makes readily evident, this 86-year-old film is decidedly of the Pre-Code era. Had it been released just half a year later when the Production Code began being strictly enforced in mid 1934, you can be sure costuming modifications, regarding the tops, would have been made.
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Reply by tmdb82469342
on July 12, 2020 at 2:33 AM
While down on a South Sea island
Underneath the beauty of the stars
I strayed upon some maidens
Who were strumming on their guitars
A hula maid was dancing
And she knew I'd found my paradise
So this is what I told her
As I gazed into her eyes...
Honolulu baby, where'd you get those eyes
And that dark complexion, I just idolize
Honolulu baby, where'd you get that style
And the pretty red lips, and that sunny smile
When you start to dance, your hula hips entrance
When you shake it up and down
You shake a little here, you shake a little there
Well you got the boys going to town
Honolulu baby, sure know your stuff
Honolulu baby, gonna call your bluff