<Li> Tiki Hanalei as Ping Pong </Li> <P> Blue Hawaii was the first of three Elvis films to be shot in Hawaii, followed by Girls! Girls! Girls! in 1962 and Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1965 . Producer Hal B. Wallis was keen to put Presley into a film that showed how the army affected a man . Actress Juliet Prowse, who had starred with Presley in GI Blues, was approached to be his love interest again . However, after her demands were put forward, Paramount decided to drop her as a possible candidate for the role, choosing Joan Blackman instead . Presley was apparently so pale before shooting that Wallis personally recommended a brand of tanning lamp to darken his skin . The film was announced in the fall of 1960 as Hawaii Beach Boy . At the time, film producer Walter Mirisch had a similar titled film in production, "Hawaii", and he was upset that Wallis had chosen such a similar name . </P> <P> Presley arrived in Hawaii on March 18, 1961, to prepare for a charity concert that he was performing on March 25 to raise funds for the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor . He arrived at the recording studio on March 21 to start the recording of the film's soundtrack . Three weeks later, location filming had finished, including scenes at Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, Mount Tantalus, and Hanauma Bay, a volcanic crater that is open to the sea, near the bedroom community of Hawaii Kai, a few miles away from Waikiki . Following location filming, the crew returned to the Paramount lot to finish other scenes for the film . Presley would relax during filming by giving karate demonstrations with his friend and employee, Red West, which resulted in Presley's fingers becoming bruised and swollen . Wallis warned the female stars of the film to avoid parties hosted by Presley because they were turning up for shooting looking tired . </P> <P> Producer Hal Wallis would use the box office returns from Blue Hawaii to finance an upcoming Wallis film, 1964's Becket, starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole . </P>

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