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 | | Thereafter, most early Hawaiian films were simple, silent travelogues showing local life, as reflected by their no-frills, low-hype titles: Honolulu Street Scene, Wharf Scene Honolulu, and the two-part epic, Kanakas Diving for Money. |
 | | World War II brought filming to a halt in Hawaii but ultimately created the Islands' most enduring genre, the war movie, a tradition that continues with the release this month of Michael Bay's $135-million Pearl Harbor. |
 | | Hawaii's most honored film, From Here to Eternity (1953), was also set in the days before the Pearl Harbor attack and extensively used location shooting--most famously Halona Cove, for the beach-and-surf kiss between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. |
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