Miloliʻi, Hawaii

One little bit of celebrity came to Miloliʻi in 1962 when the village was selected for background scenery in the Elvis Presley movie "Girls!

Ultimately, only a tiny bit of the Miloliʻi footage actually appeared in the movie, offering just a fleeting glimpse (a few seconds on screen) of the village beach early in the film.

The research was led by UCLA professors Robert Edgerton and Douglas Price-Williams, and several graduate students conducted studies along the Kona coast, including Miloliʻi and Hoʻokena beach.

Francis Noel Newton's doctoral dissertation Aloha and Hostility in a Hawaiian-American Community: The Private Reality of a Public Image[3] is a study of village life in Miloliʻi.

Dr. Gregory P Asner, the acclaimed American ecologist makes his home here and conducts many research projects locally.