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Hawaii (1961) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Blue
Hawaii (1961) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Viva
Las Vegas (1964) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Viva
Las Vegas (1964) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
It's pretty tough to beat Jailhouse Rock in terms of sheer entertainment,
but Elvis lovers are particularly fond of this 1964 hit. The Big E plays
race-car driver Lucky Jackson, who arrives in Las Vegas for an upcoming
Grand Prix race. Lucky's car needs a new engine, so he gets a waiter job
at a casino and starts working his crooning charms on Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret).
It's their on-screen chemistry that makes this flick a lot of fun; Presley
never had a better costar than Ann-Margret, and their race-car romance
is quintessential 1960s fluff. Then there are the songs, of course, including
the snappy title tune, a rockin' rendition of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say?,"
and "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Viva Las Vegas is one of the Elvis movies
that stands the test of time, when the legend was still at his peak. And
if you're wondering if the King gets his car fixed in time to win the race,
well, check out this digital video disc to find out. --Jeff Shannon
- Amazon.com
G.I.
Blues (1960) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Girl
Happy (1965) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Jailhouse
Rock (1957) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
on Tour (1972) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Follow
That Dream (1962) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
- That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) (1970) VHS ~ Clamshell
packaging
~ Elvis Presley
Tickle
Me (1965) VHS
Elvis:
Aloha from Hawaii (1973) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
He
Touched Me - The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley, Vol. 2 (1999) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
- '68 Comeback Special (1968) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Easy
Come, Easy Go (1967) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Loving
You (1957) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
This
is Elvis (1981) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Fun
in Acapulco (1963) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis:
The Lost Performances (1992) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Clambake
(1967) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Roustabout
(1964) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
The Elvis formula was well in place by the time of 1964's Roustabout:
a passel of undistinguished songs (anyone remember "Poison Ivy League"?),
pretty girls, tight pants, a colorful setting, and a little bit of karate
to prove that Elvis really had been studying his martial arts. With that
understood, Roustabout is a better-than-average workout for the King--not
as peppy as Viva Las Vegas, but a good deal livelier than the sleepwalking
It Happened at the World's Fair. Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the
highways on his Japanese motorcycle; laid up after an accident, he joins
a carnival owned by the feisty Barbara Stanwyck. ("This is not a circus,
it's a carnival. There's a big difference.") The cast goes from high to
low: both giant-sized future James Bond villain Richard Kiel and tiny Billy
Barty are carny regulars, and Raquel Welch has a small role in the opening
scene. Teri Garr is one of the carnival dancers behind Elvis. The legendary
costume designer Edith Head puts Elvis in a series of snappy windbreakers,
but thank goodness he's also in black leather a lot. As if that weren't
enough to recommend it, the movie has a sequence involving Elvis riding
a cycle inside the "Wall of Death," a huge wooden cylinder with high walls.
This bit actually inspired an entire Irish film in 1986, Eat the Peach,
in which friends build a similar contraption after they watch Roustabout
on tape. --Robert Horton - Amazon.com
Roustabout
(1964) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Love
Me Tender (1956) VHS
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
- '68 Comeback Special (1968) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
- Aloha from Hawaii (1973) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
He
Touched Me - The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (1999) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Clambake
(1967) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
- That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) (1970) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Elvis
Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1973) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Classic
Albums - Elvis Presley (2002) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Jailhouse
Rock (1957) DVD
~ Elvis Presley
Charro!
VHS Tape from Warner Studios
starring Elvis Presley
directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Published: 01 August, 2000
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