Hula
About Hula
Hula Calhoun, daughter of Hawaiian planter Bill Calhoun, rides in trousers and follows her uncle Edwin's idea of a simple life. Harry Dehan courts her. She wants Anthony Haldane, the married English engineer building a dam on her father's land. At a party she dances a hula and he says he will divorce Margaret. When Margaret arrives, Hula arranges with a foreman to make it look as if dynamite has wrecked the dam. Margaret, thinking her husband is ruined, agrees to the divorce. Hula and Haldane marry.
Cast & crew
More about Hula
Victor Fleming directed. Doris Anderson adapted Armine von Tempski's 1927 novel Hula, a Romance of Hawaii. Ethel Doherty wrote the scenario and George Marion Jr. the titles. Frederica Sagor is an uncredited writer on some records. Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced. William Marshall photographed it. Paramount released it on August 27, 1927. Clara Bow plays Hula. Clive Brook plays Haldane. Patricia Dupont plays Margaret.
Themes
Preservation
Public domain in the United States since January 1, 2023. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Albert Gran plays Bill Calhoun. Arnold Kent plays Harry Dehan. Agostino Borgato plays Uncle Edwin. Duke Kahanamoku is billed as a Hawaiian boy.
- The book copyright was renewed in 1954. The film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Hula dances at the party and Haldane promises a divorce.
- A staged dynamite blast convinces Margaret the dam is ruined.
Influenced by
- Armine von Tempski's novel Hula, a Romance of Hawaii (1927)
