Product Description
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Blue Hawaii-Elvis as a war veteran returns to the
beautiful Hawaiian islands to re-adjust to civilian life. Elvis
decides to work as a tour gui de and romance the lovely
out-of-town visitors touring ; GI Blues-Elvis stars in the
timeless tale of an American soldier who entertains his fellow
soldiers with his talented guitar playing as they face the enemy
in war-torn West Germany. Eager to open a n; King Creole-The mob
tries to lure Elvis, a popular New Orleans singer, into their
dangerous circle. Elvis gives Bourbon Street a new spirited b eat
with his captivating singing.
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G.I. Blues
After Elvis Presley (
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) got out of the army in 1960, he was instantly ushered into this
Para movie about an Oklahoma singer who (surprise) gets out
of the army and wants to open a club. Making a potentially
lucrative bet that he can seduce a cabaret singer (Juliet
Prowse), Elvis instead falls in love. Refurbished from his
rockabilly roots into a slicker model for early-'60s pop, the
Elvis of this movie is the one who made almost 30 more just like
it. The songs include the title track, plus "It's Not Good Enough
for You," "Tonight Is So Right for Love," and "Wooden Heart."
Directed by Norman Taurog, a studio veteran who made his first
film in 1928 and worked numerous times with Presley as well as
Jerry Lewis. --Tom Keogh
King Creole
Before his handlers persuaded him to settle for the safety of a
screen franchise, the young Elvis Presley had weightier ambitions
as an actor. The 1958 King Creole, his fourth feature outing,
hints at the underlying seriousness of his goals. Presley plays
Danny Fisher, a New Orleans teenager struggling to graduate from
high school while working in a sleazy French Quarter club to
support his family. He's also characterised as a troubled youth
with a dangerous temper and feelings of shame and resentment
toward his meek, unemployed her (Dean Jagger). When Danny's
gift for singing provides him with a potential career break (and
the requisite excuse for Elvis's production numbers), his
involvement with a ruthless gangster (Walter Matthau) and his
sultry, alcoholic moll (Carolyn Jones) threatens both his future
and his family.
King Creole boasts an impressive production pedigree (including
producer Hal Wallis and director Michael Curtiz, the team behind
Casablanca) and the supporting cast helps elicit one of Presley's
most emotional performances. Jones in particular overrides the
inherent clichés of her role: her self-loathing and sexuality are
both palpable. Presley--still a few years away from the more
sanitised image that would be integral to those franchise
features--is young enough to be a credible teen, but more
crucially he makes his rage and yearning largely convincing.
--Sam Sutherland
Blue Hawaii
Elvis Presley's seventh film was the first of his "Hawaii
trilogy" (a group completed by Girls! Girls! Girls! and Paradise,
Hawaiian Style). While its story is daft--the King has just been
released from his army-posting in Italy and returned to the
islands, where he's trying to avoid working in his her's fruit
business--the music, including "Blue Hawaii," "Almost Always
True" and the beautiful "Can't Help Falling in Love", is not.
Angela Lansbury plays Elvis's mother, who can't seem to get
through to him. The film is directed by Elvis's frequent
collaborator, Norman Taurog. --Tom Keogh