Yes, he was the daredevil of the back projection screen in many movies.
KING CREOLE is a terrific picture, but being based (loosely) on an early Harold
Robbins novel also helped, as did a solid director in Michael Curtiz who didn't
know much about rock 'n' roll but knew how to exploit Elvis's charisma as
deftly as he did Errol Flynn's.
Elvis (who, so you know, I think was one of the great voices in popular music,
as well as one of its greatest entertainers) always worked best with strong
directors who obviously recognised his latent dramatic talent. Ironically, some
of these were his least successful.
And VIVA LAS VEGAS showed the Colonel that Elvis's legions of female fans
didn't want to see him with a talent like Ann-Margret.
It's a kind of interesting exercise to see what directors directed his films.
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From: Patrick Michael Tupy
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Worst title translation?
I think he did all his own stunts in FUN IN ACAPULCO.
Patrick
On Nov 16, 2008, at 8:35 PM, lobby card invasion wrote:
Phil, Elvis starred in much better movies than Viva Las Vegas.
King Creole is one.
Zeev
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From: Phil Edwards
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Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Worst title translation?
The real highlight of this film is Kurt Russell kicking Elvis in the
shins as I recall.
What a seriously wasted film career, with very few exceptions they are
ghastly B movies.
VIVA LAS VEGAS (aka LOVE IN LAS VEGAS for some international markets)
showed what happened when Elvis was paired with someone as talented as
Ann-Margret.
Phil
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From: Roger Kim
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:08 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Worst title translation?
Speaking of bad film title translations...
I realize that Elvis films are generally awful, but my favorite is "It
Happened at the World's Fair."
Something seems to have gone wrong when this film title was translated
into various languages. I guess the rest of the world was not interested in
seeing a movie about Elvis at the World's Fair.
Spanish:
Puños y lágrimas (Fists and Tears)
Danish:
Elvis i den syvende himmel (Elvis in the 7th Heaven)
French:
Blondes, brunes, rousses (Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads)
Finnish:
Sydän tarjolla (Heart Available)
Swedish:
Hjärta till salu (Heart for sale)
The Argentina poster has the "Blonde, Brunettes, and Redheads" title,
but at least they were nice enough to show the Space Needle. I think most of
the foreign posters do not.
BTW, I live in Seattle, and I think the US one sheet is a must-have for
any poster collector who lives here.
-rk
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