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Oddball Films presents Tiki Fever! Vintage Hawaiiana. This evening of surf, tiki and Polynesian serenades offers an array of breathtaking, mesmerizing and rare films about an idyllic Hawaii including cartoons, mini-musicals, burlesque, promotional and ephemeral films from the 30s thru the 50s - all on 16mm film from the archive. See pre-jet travel footage of Waikiki beach and music by Sol Hoppii in Hawaiian Rhythm: Hawaiian Nights (1939). Then join the jet-set as two newlyweds travel from New England to Hawaii via stylish Pan Am jet in the campy promotional travelogue Wings to Hawaii (1947). The mini-tiki-musical Isle of Tabu (1945) features angry Tiki Gods, erupting volcanoes, human sacrifice and (of course) musical numbers. Betty Boop hulas her heart out in nothing but a grass skirt and a lei in the pre-code Fleischer Brothers cartoon Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932) with an authentic soundtrack by the Royal Samoans and rotoscoped hula moves. Homer Groening gives us A Study in Wet (1964), a poetic meditation on water including plenty of groovy surf shots, natural psychedelia and a soundtrack made up of water droplets. Learn how you too can make a Coconut Head Bank (1950s) in a bizarre slice of instructional Tiki ephemera. Plus! A Hula Hottie Burlesque (1950s), an island full of Hawaiian Soundies (1940s) like the goofy Little Grass Shack , a Busby Berkeley musical number Aloha Oe from Flirtation Walk (1934) and more! For the early arrivals there is the rare Kodachrome short, Polynesian Holiday (1955) starring bandleader Harry Owens and featuring his Academy Award winning Sweet Lailani.
8:00PM. Admission: $10.00, Limited Seating, RSVP to: 415-558-8117 or RSVP@oddballfilm.com