 "Hei Tiki" was released in 1935, with a NY Times review describing the plot as being about "a chieftain's daughter who is declared tabu and destined to be the bride of the war god".It attributed the title to mean "love charm", in reference to Hei-tiki pendants sometimes associated with fertility.In 1936, a restaurant owner from Oakland, California named Victor Bergeron ate at the "Don the Beachcomber" restaurant.