by donnbeach | Jul 18, 2021 | Celebrities, Chicago, Donn's History, Locations, People
Part of the archive was this script for Rudy Vallee’s “The Drene Show” which was a 30 minute radio program in the early 40s. This particular script revolves around Rudy trying to steal a secret recipe from Don the Beachcomber to make his place more...
by donnbeach | Jul 16, 2021 | Donn's History, People
This is one example from 1966 of the vision of Bob Van Dorpe and Herb Kane for the islands, in particular for Kona. This is an example of their attitude of “Cultural Tourism,” which Donn Beach also embraced, in which the character, culture, and people of...
by donnbeach | Jun 19, 2021 | Donn's History, Ephemera
150 pounds of documents. It may not look like much, but it took me four and a half months to go through it to digitize it. Approximately 3800 items. About 1200 scanned images, which I mostly also Photoshopped. It was a lot of work and was literally painful. I bought a...
by donnbeach | Jun 12, 2021 | Ads, Donn's History, Waikiki Restaurant
1947 Buick Roadmaster convertible in Desert Tan. This is not Donn’s actual car. January 28, 1948
by donnbeach | Apr 30, 2021 | Celebrities, Donn's History, People
1) Betty Grable When Donn was off at war, his friends sent him words of encouragement via signed publicity shots. I can read some, but I’ll need your help with the rest. UPDATE: That was quick! Thanks for the IDs! 2) Merle Oberon 1942 3) Harry James 4) Priscilla...
