and her uncle. When the three are ready to leave, Quimby is tricked by Shad into involvement with the police, which results in Quimby being arrested for assault. However, when Shad tries the same trick on Uncle Herman, he is arrested. Tony boards the ship and in the next cabin to Georgia, whistles, "Sweet Is the Word for You", but she reports him to the purser, and he is put off the ship. Myrtle arrives at the jail with Walford disguised as a dog and pays the fine to release Shad. Tony and Georgia are reunited after an old lady hired by Tony to pose as his mother visits Georgia aboard ship and persuades her that it is Tony she should marry. Over the closing credits, a chorus sings "Blue Hawaii" and "In A Little Hula Heaven". Cast Bing Crosby as Tony Marvin Bob Burns as Shad Buggle Martha Raye as Myrtle Finch Shirley Ross as Georgia Smith George Barbier as J.P. Todhunter Leif Erickson as Dr. Victor Quimby Grady Sutton as Everett Todhunter Granville Bates as Uncle Herman Anthony Quinn as Kimo Mitchell Lewis as Koalani George Regas as Muamua Nick Lukats as Assistant Purser Prince Leilani as Priest Maurice Liu as Kaiaka Raquel Echeverría as Mahina Iris Yamaoka as Secretary Spencer Charters as Frame Harry Stubbs as Keith Pierre Watkin as John Durkin Pedro Regas as Cab driver David Newell as Radio operator Emma Dunn as Tony's 'mother' Ray Kinney as Singer Robert Emmett O'Connor as First policeman Reception Frank S. Nugent writing in The New York Times commented: "Regretting that he has but one voice to give, Bing Crosby is surrendering it cheerfully at the Paramount to the uses of the Hawaiian Board of Trade, the pineapple industry and sundry tourist agencies. His Waikiki Wedding places him in a welter of grass skirts, tropical sunsets, Martha Raye and a razorback pig called Walford...It is, at least, a workable idea for a musical comedy, even though the fabric has been stretched so far that it has burst in places...Mr. Crosby is still the pleasantest of our crooners and Miss Ross was all right, too." Variety had minor doubts about the songs. "A romantic picture, pure and simple, Waikiki Wedding should have no difficulty getting by anywhere. It’s saccharine celluloid, sugar coated by Bing Crosby’s and Shirley Ross’ crooning in a surefire palmetto setting. The prime possible box office