<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> 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>
where was the movie blue hawaii with elvis presley filmed
where was the movie blue hawaii with elvis presley filmed
1961
1961