Song of the Islands(1942)
BETTY'S EVEN GOT THE PALM TREES SWAYING!
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.
Movie: Song of the Islands
Top 10 Billed Cast
Eileen O'Brien
Jefferson Harper
Rusty Smith
Dennis O'Brien
Jefferson Harper Sr.
Palola's Father
Palola
Palola's Cousin
John Rodney
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