Elvis at the Movies

The Movies - 1 to 10

Love Me Tender
(1956 - 89 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis's older brother, who was thought to have been killed, returns home from the Civil War to find that Elvis has married his sweetheart, thus setting up a rivalry between the brothers.

• Debra Paget
• Richard Egan
• Richard Middleton
• William Campbell
• Neville Brand
• Mildred Dunnock
• Director: Robert Webb
• Musical Highlights: Love Me Tender

Loving You
(1957 - 101 min.) *****

Plot: Elvis is recruited by a promoter intent on making him the newest singing sensation, but he has a hard time dealing with his rising popularity.

• Lizabeth Scott
• Dolores Hart
• Wendell Corey
• James Gleason
• Director: Hal Kanter
• Musical Highlights: Loving You, Teddy Bear

Jailhouse Rock
(1957 - 96 min.) *****

Plot: Elvis is an ex-con trying to make it in the music business under the tutilage of a young woman who has connections in the industry.

• Judy Tyler
• Vaughn Taylor
• Dean Jones
• Mickey Shaughnessy
• Director: Richard Thorpe
• Musical Highlights: Jailhouse Rock, Don't Leave Me Now

King Creole
(1958 - 116 min.) *****

Plot: Elvis is a troubled youth who becomes a club singer but finds himself involved with a sleazy mob gangster and his woman.

• Carolyn Jones
• Dolores Hart
• Dean Jagger
• Lilliane Montevecchi
• Walter Matthau
• Vic Morrow
• Paul Stewart
• Director: Michael Curtiz
• Musical Highlights: Hard Headed Woman, Trouble, King Creole

G.I. Blues
(1960 - 104 min.) *****

Plot: Elvis is a G.I. station in Germany who accepts a bet from his friends to try to win over a German dancer, but ends up falling in love with her.

• Juliet Prowse
• Robert Ivers
• Leticia Roman
• Ludwig Stossel
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Musical Highlights: Blue Suede Shoes, Wooden Heart, Shoppin' Around, G.I. Blues

Flaming Star
(1960 - 91 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis is a half-breed Kiowa Indian who is torn between his two cultures when the Kiowa begin to attack homesteaders on their land.

• Barbara Eden
• Dolores Del Rio
• John McIntire
• Director: Don Siegel
• Musical Highlights: Flaming Star

Wild in the Country
(1961 - 114 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis is a troubled young man with literary aspirations who gets a second chance from a case worker who believes in him.

• Hope Lang
• Tuesday Weld
• Millie Perkins
• John Ireland
• Gary Lockwood
• Director: Philip Dunne
• Musical Highlights: Wild in the Country, Lonely Man

Blue Hawaii
(1961 - 101 min.) *****

Plot: Elvis is a former G.I., back home from the service, who tries to get into the Hawaiian tour business instead of following his parents' wishes for him to join the family pineapple business.

• Joan Blackman
• Angela Lansbury
• Roland Winters
• Iris Adrian
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Musical Highlights: Blue Hawaii, I Can't Help Falling in Love, Rock-a-Hula, Beach Boy Blues, Hawaiian Wedding Song

Follow That Dream
(1962 - 110 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a member of a hillbilly family that makes a homestead claim on a piece of beachfront land in Florida that belongs to the state government.

• Anne Helm
• Joanna Moore
• Arthus O'Connell
• Jack Kruschen
• Simon Oakley
• Director: Gordon Douglas
• Musical Highlights: Follow that Dream, Angel

Kid Galahad
(1962 - 95 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a G.I. just out of the Army who finds himself at a camp for boxers and training for a big fight that's being manipulated by the mob.

• Lola Albright
• Joan Blackman
• Gig Young
• Charles Bronson
• Ned Glass
• Director: Phil Karlson
• Musical Highlights: King of the Whole Wide World, I Got Lucky