United States
1938
Color lithograph on paper
22 1/4" x 28" (56.5 x 71.1 cm)
Provenance: Christopher Radko, Hana, Maui, HI
This poster promotes Hawaii Calls, the 1938 RKO Radio Pictures musical filmed in part in the Islands and built around the popular radio program of the same name. The composition sets a romantic foreground couple against a large ensemble of hula dancers beneath palms, with a musical staff sweeping across the title in the tropical graphic idiom Hollywood used to sell Pacific settings. As a surviving example of late 1930s film advertising tied to Hawaii, it documents how the studios packaged the Islands for mainland audiences during the era's vogue for Hawaiian music and imagery.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
United States
1938
Color lithograph on paper
22 1/4" x 28" (56.5 x 71.1 cm)
Provenance: Christopher Radko, Hana, Maui, HI
This poster promotes Hawaii Calls, the 1938 RKO Radio Pictures musical filmed in part in the Islands and built around the popular radio program of the same name. The composition sets a romantic foreground couple against a large ensemble of hula dancers beneath palms, with a musical staff sweeping across the title in the tropical graphic idiom Hollywood used to sell Pacific settings. As a surviving example of late 1930s film advertising tied to Hawaii, it documents how the studios packaged the Islands for mainland audiences during the era's vogue for Hawaiian music and imagery.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
