Tahiti Honey (1943)

Name: Tahiti Honey
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Released: 1943-04-06
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe, Michael Whalen, Lionel Stander, Wally Vernon

Tahiti Honey (1943), directed by John H. Auer, starring Simone Simon and Dennis O'Keefe.

04/06/1943 BR Comedy, Music and Romance 1h 8m

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The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to worse for the band,. and they are faced with the necessity of either taking a girl singer into the group,which they all regard as bad luck, or starving. The band insists that she be dropped as soon as they can earn enough to catch a bot home. But Mickey falls in love with Suzie, and smuggles her on board the ship.

Jack A. MartaCinematography
John H. AuerDirector
Richard L. Van EngerEditing
Frederick KohnerScreenplay, Story

About the film

Tahiti Honey is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by John H. Auer and starring Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe and Michael Whalen.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball.

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Tahiti Honey is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by John H. Auer and starring Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe and Michael Whalen.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball.

Plot

A new female singer joins a band she meets in Tahiti, but radically changes their style of music.

Cast

Simone Simon as Suzette 'Suzie' Durand

Dennis O'Keefe as Mickey Monroe

Michael Whalen as Lt. John Barton

Lionel Stander as Pinkie

Wally Vernon as Maxie

Tom Seidel as Wally

Dan Seymour as Fats

Edward Gargan as George, the Bartender

Abigail Adams as Linda

Earl Audet as Sailor

Mary Bertrand a sMother

Edward Biby as Night Club Patron

Harry Burns as Joe

Eleanor Counts as Girl with Sailor

Bess Flowers as Night Club Patron

Geraldine Jordan as Cigarette Girl

Eddie Kane as Manager of Miami Hotel

Forbes Murray as Commander

References

Bibliography

Len D. Martin. The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959. McFarland, 1998.

External links

Tahiti Honey at IMDb

Text from Tahiti Honey on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti_Honey

Trivia

It premiered on April 6, 1943, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h08 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosRepublic Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Jack A. Marta Cinematography
John H. Auer Director
Richard L. Van Enger Editing
Frederick Kohner Screenplay
Frederick Kohner Story
H.W. Hanemann Screenplay
Lawrence Kimble Screenplay

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What is Tahiti Honey about?

Tahiti Honey: The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to …

Who directed Tahiti Honey?

Tahiti Honey was directed by John H. Auer in 1943.

Who stars in Tahiti Honey?

The cast of Tahiti Honey includes Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe, Michael Whalen, Lionel Stander and Wally Vernon.

How long is Tahiti Honey?

Tahiti Honey runs for 68 minutes, or 1h08.