This is an original vintage signed and inscribed 8” x 10” photo of Hawaiian musician Lani McIntire who helped popularize the Hawaiian Steel Guitar and won a Best Song Academy Award in 1937 for work on the film Waikiki Wedding. This photo is boldly hand signed and inscribed:
To Audrey Aloha Nui Lani McIntire
The original owner wrote the date she obtained the autograph July 2, 1940 on the back of the photo.
This photo and the autograph and inscription are in very good condition. This photo came from a large collection of autographs all obtained by Audrey Baxter of Cincinnati, Ohio from the 1930s to 1950s and is guaranteed original. Email any questions. Thanks for looking.
The following is some historical information from Wikipedia:
Lani McIntire (sometimes spelled Lani McIntyre, 15 December 1904 – 17 June 1951) was a Hawaiian guitar and steel guitar player who helped to popularize the instrument, which eventually became a mainstay in American country and western music. He played frequently with his brothers — steel guitar legend Dick McIntire and bassist Al McIntire.
Lani McIntyre and his Aloha Islanders
McIntire achieved fame playing with Sol Hoʻopiʻi in his "Novelty Trio" before heading his own acts, "Lani McIntyre and his Aloha Islanders" and later, "Lani McIntyre and his Hawai'ians." His work with Jimmie Rodgers pioneered the Hawaiian guitar sound that laid the foundation for the steel guitar as a standard country instrument, influencing the likes of Hank Williams and Elvis Presley.[2] As leader, McIntyre released dozens of records between 1935 and 1950, for the American Record Corporation (1935), Decca (1937-1942), Sonora Records (1944 - 1945), MGM Records (1950), and Columbia Records (1950).[3]
Academy Award
McIntire and his Hawai'ians also worked with Bing Crosby on the original version of "Blue Hawaii" as well as "Sweet Leilani," which was popularized in the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding and won an Academy Award for Best Song in the 10th Academy Awards (over George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away From Me").[4][5]
The band had a recording contract with Decca Records at that time.[6][7]
McIntire appeared in the films You're the One Rose (1943), Maui Chant (1943), Paradise Isles (1943), and Dreams of Old Hawaii (1944).[8]
See also
Sol Hoʻopiʻi
Music of Hawaii
American popular music
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