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- “King Creole” (1958) The best Elvis Presley movie was very nearly a James Dean movie, but after the actor’s untimely death, it was reworked into an atmospheric and dramatically potent musical.
- “The Trouble With Girls” (1969) Presley’s second-to-last movie as an actor is almost his best, in small part because it’s the only Elvis movie that doesn’t treat his presence like a gimmick.
- “Follow That Dream” (1962) If you ever wanted to see Elvis Presley play Steve Martin’s character from “The Jerk,” this is that film. And it’s great. In this weird comedy, Elvis’s vagabond family runs out of gas in Florida, then decides to permanently live wherever they just happened to park.
- “Viva Las Vegas” (1964) Presley’s frothiest concoction stars Elvis as a race-car driver who, while waiting for a new engine for his hot rod, takes a menial gig at a Las Vegas casino so he can woo Ann-Margret, who gives off more heat — romantically and musically — than any of Elvis’ s other female co-stars.
- The Trouble With Girls (1969) Elvis comes off more like a genial emcee than the main attraction in his penultimate star vehicle, a lightly likeable mashup of period dramedy, variety show and, starting at the midway point, murder mystery.
- Elvis on Tour (1972) The King’s final film made lightning strike a second time for MGM two years after the studio’s success with another celebratory musical documentary, “Elvis: That’s the Way It is.”
- Kid Galahad (1962) Believe it or not, this one is a remake of the 1937 Warner Bros. melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz (who, two decades later, worked with The King on “King Creole”) and starred Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis and Wayne Morris.
- Love Me Tender (1956) Elvis is a co-star, not the lead, in his first big-screen outing, a creaky but compelling post-Civil War drama about a Confederate soldier (Richard Egan) who returns home to find his sweetheart (Debra Paget) married his younger brother (Elvis) after receiving greatly exaggerated reports of his death.
Elvis: Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson. The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Baz Luhrmann
- 2022-06-24
Jun 3, 2022 · Rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley made 31 movies between 1956 and 1969, of which 27 were produced in the 1960s. Almost all of Presley's films were box-office smashes that made him, his manager and ...
- Sara Kettler
- Freelance Writer
- 'Change of Habit'
- 'Love Me Tender'
- 'Kid Galahad'
- 'Follow That Dream'
- 'Viva Las Vegas'
- 'Wild in The Country'
- 'Flaming Star'
- 'Loving You'
- 'Jailhouse Rock'
- 'King Creole'
The singer's final feature isn't a great film, by any stretch of the imagination. It's barely a decent one. But it goes a long way on its concept alone: Presley plays an inner-city doctor whose love interest is Mary Tyler Moore – as a nun. What's not to love there, right? "Change of Habit" is sort of the film equivalent of "In the Ghetto," a heavy-...
Presley's first film appearance might rank higher on this list if he had starred in it – but he had only a supporting role in what Variety called "a minor-league oater," the only time he'd be in that position. Presley clearly was inserted in the film, set during the 1860s, to capitalize on his popularity. Theaters hoped to pull young viewers away f...
Take Presley out of the equation, and "Kid Galahad" is a run-of-the-mill boxing picture. In fact, that's just what it was the first time around, in 1937, when Michael Curtiz (who'd go on to direct Elvis in "King Creole") made it with Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. Presley, whose weight had ballooned, made for a doughy but hard...
After "Blue Hawaii," Presley headed to Florida, where he played a beach squatter named Toby Kwimper that New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther described as "a combination Sir Galahad and Li'l Abner." Presley seems engaged here, and displays a nice comic touch. Bumped up one spot on this list for helping set the life's course of an 11-year-old ...
Flashy, gaudy, trashy and thin on story, just like the Vegas myth. There's not much of a script, but swimming instructor Ann-Margret looks hot, and so do Presley's cars. "As pleasant and unimportant as a banana split," said The New York Times, and that's just about right. The film that foreshadowed Presley's future boasts some great tunes, though, ...
Perhaps Presley's most ambitious dramatic film, "Wild in the Country" was ultimately undone by the competing priorities of those making it. The script, penned by playwright Clifford Odets, called for Presley to play a callow country boy loaded with literary talent. A cast that included Hope Lange and Tuesday Weld and an attempt at topical relevance...
After the genial but fatuous "G.I. Blues," 20th Century Fox tried to re-establish Presley's dramatic credentials, casting him in this Western as Pacer Burton, a half-breed caught in a culture war and land dispute. Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatrahad both been associated with the project, co-written by Nunnally Johnson, who previously had written and...
Elvis' first starring vehicle was a fairly conventional showbiz musical, with country boy Deke Rivers rising to fame then dealing with its pitfalls. In other words, a story not unlike Presley's own. By 1950s teen rock-film standards, "Loving You" is credible, with plenty of energy and a strong soundtrack including the No. 1 hit "Teddy Bear," "Mean ...
The singer's third film received mixed reviews at the time, with several high-profile publications panning it vociferously. British magazine The Spectator, for instance, called it "dangerously near being repulsive." They were, of course, wrong. This story of an ex-con pop star has held up better than almost any of Presley's other movies. The plot o...
Presley's best picture shows what surrounding him with talent could do for him. Director Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca," "Mildred Pierce," "Angels With Dirty Faces") brings a noir-ish black-and-white style to the story of a young singer who falls in with organized crime in New Orleans. Initially written with James Dean in mind, "King Creole" was base...
Jun 22, 2022 · 6 min read. “Elvis” brings all of the glitz, rhinestones, and jumpsuits you’d expect in an Elvis film, but without the necessary complexity for a movie from 2022 about the “King.”. Maximalist filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, who abhors visual restraint and instead opts for grand theatricality, should be the perfect creator for a Presley biopic ...
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At the center of it all is a star-making, Oscar-worthy performance by Austin Butler. “. It must be noted that Elvis himself isn’t the entry point to his own movie. No, Elvis the film is ...
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