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Donn’s Notes on the War Years
There are various pages, some hand written, some typed, of notes by Donn on his life. The hand written ones are very slap-dash stuff that was only meant to jog his memory. Being notes written for himself, they are often completely unreadable. His writing his barely...
Ethel Merman and Bob Six at DtB Waikiki 1952
Ethel and Bob at DtB Waikiki 2-14-1952 If the date is correct, this is before they were married. Box Six was the CEO of Continental Airlines and when they married in 1953, he urged Ethel Merman to return to her career. She had just starred in “There’s No...Rudy Vallee’s “The Drene Show” 1946 Featuring Donn
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...Hawaii Tomorrow 1966 by Bob Van Dorpe and Herb Kane
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...