1949 HAWAII MUSIC "SOUNDIE" 1940s MUSIC VIDEO ALOHA OE MATTY MALNECK ORCHESTRA 56004
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Released by Castle Films for the home market as part of the "Music Album" series of 16mm films, this short "Hawaiian Rhythm" presents Hawaiian music beginning with "Aloha Oe". It dates to 1949, and can be considered a "Soundie" -- a 1940s music video. These films were released not only for private use on personal projectors, but some of them were made to be used in a 16mm film jukebox called a Panoram or its more modern equivalent, a Scopitone. In this case, music was performed by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra as part of the soundtrack to the Universal film "Hawaiian Nights", a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell. Matthew Michael "Matty" Malneck (1903 - 1981) was an American jazz violinist, songwriter, and arranger whose big band recorded for Brunswick, Columbia, and Decca. Malneck's group also played in the film St. Louis Blues (1939) and You're in the Army Now (1941).
The film starts with shots of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, including shots of surfing and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. At :44, "My Lonelineness Has Ended" is sung by Constance Moore, an American singer and actress who had signed with Universal. The segment shows a luau in progress, and includes a rhythm performance starting at about 2:40 and a hula dance at 3:30. At 4:09, "Hawaii Sang Me to Sleep" is performed with a slide guitar and many "Hawaiian maidens" performing an elaborate dance number which has a tap dancing finale. At 7:01, more "Aloha Oe" and shots are shown of Waikiki once again, surfing, and catamarans, with the ship SS Lurline in the background as we say goodbye to Hawaii.
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Mahalo for sharing 🤙
Tiny tap dancer is quite delightful. Thanks for sharing this.
It's amazing that this is part of America.
Musical highlights of 1939's "Hawaiian Nights". This was featured in Castle's catalogs through 1959.
I have been trying to find out for several years who the lovely singer was on the "Hawaii Sang Me To Sleep" film clip [at the end of this video], in which the soundtrack seems wholly - certainly partially, to have been dubbed. The [unknown] singer/dancer as shown does seem to be miming and Sol Hoopii's Hawaiian Guitar is an acoustic instrument in the film, but obviously electric on the soundtrack. The earlier portion which features Constance Moore singing "My Loneliness Has Ended" proves to me that she is also the singer in "Hawaii Sang Me To Sleep", by her wonderful intonation, etc which is clearly heard in both songs, but why isn't she seen to be the singer here, I wonder? What a fine singer she was, yet as far as I know there are no commercial record releases under her name. What a pity the whole of the "Hawaiian Nights" [1939] film cannot be resurrected. Surely a complete copy exists somewhere which can be uploaded onto You Tube?
What was like to visit there during this time.
Amazing.
Aloha 😍😍
Do you have more of these shorts like this?
Tap dancing Hula Dancers, Hmmm very Hollywood LOL
Yes, most movie studios had an idea of how "Hawaii" should be visualized in the 1930's. Most of it was "the bunk". You hardly saw ANY tap dancing hula dancers there {except in a night club}.