Elvis at the Movies

The Movies - 11 to 20

Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962 - 106 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a charter boat captain trying to earn enough money to buy a sailing yacht that he and his now-deceased father had built.

• Stella Stevens
• Laurel Goodwin
• Jeremy Slate
• Benson Fong
• Robert Strauss
• Ginny Tiu
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Musical Highlights: Return to Sender, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Because of Love

It Happened at the World's Fair
(1963 - 103 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis is a crop duster pilot who finds himself taking care of a little girl at the Seattle World's Fair when her uncle doesn't return from an out-of-town job.

• Joan O'Brien
• Yvonne Craig
• Gary Lockwood
• Ginny Tiu
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Musical Highlights: One Broken Heart for Sale, I'm Falling in Love Tonight, They Remind Me Too Much of You

Fun in Acapulco
(1963 - 97 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis is an ex-trapeze artist who takes a job as a lifeguard at a resort in Acapulco to try to overcome his fear of heights after a trapeze accident that killed a fellow performer.

• Ursula Andress
• Elsa Cardenas
• Paul Lukas
• Alejandro Rey
• Director: Richard Tourpe
• Musical Highlights: Fun in Acapulco, Bossa Nova Baby, Marguerita, Mexico

Kissin' Cousins
(1964 - 96 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is an Air Force pilot recruited to help negotiate with a hillbilly family that he is related to for the right to establish a missile base on their land.

• Pamela Austin
• Yvonne Craig
• Glenda Farrell
• Arthur O'Connell
• Jack Albertson
• Donald Woods
• Director: Gene Nelson
• Musical Highlights: Kissin' Cousins; Once is Enough; One Boy, Two Little Girls

Viva Las Vegas
(1964 - 86 min.) ****

Plot: Elvis is a race driver in Las Vegas for a big race, where he meets and falls for a beautiful swimming instructor at a resort hotel.

• Ann-Margret
• Cesare Danova
• William Demarest
• Jack Carter
• Director: George Sidney
• Musical Highlights: Vivas Las Vegas, What'd I Say

Roustabout
(1964 - 101 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is an unemployed singer who is hired by a travelling carnival after he's run off the road by the carnival's hot-tempered manager.

• Barbara Stanwick
• Joan Freeman
• Sue Ane Langdon
• Leif Erickson
• Director: John Rich
• Musical Highlights: Roustabout, Little Egypt, Poison Ivy League, There's a Brand New Day

Girl Happy
(1965 - 96 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a Chicago club singer whose boss sends him to Ft. Lauderdale to keep an eye on his daughter during spring break.

• Shelley Fabares
• Mary Ann Mobley
• Harold J. Stone
• Gary Crosby
• Joby Baker
• Nita Talbot
• Christ Noel
• Jackie Coogan
• Director: Boris Sagal
• Musical Highlights: Girl Happy, Puppet on a String, Do the Clam

Tickle Me
(1965 - 90 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is an unemployed rodeo rider hired to mind the horses at a health ranch for young women, where one of the physical instructors is in danger of being kidnapped.

• Jocelyn Lane
• Julie Adams
• Jack Mullaney
• Merry Anders
• Connie Gilchrist
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Musical Highlights: Tickle Me

Harum Scarum
(1965 - 86 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a movie actor on a good will tour to an Arabian country who gets caught up in the intrigue of an attempt to assassinate the country's king.

• Mary Ann Mobley
• Fran Jeffries
• Michael Ansara
• Jay Novello
• Philip Reed
• Theo Marcuse
• Billy Barty
• Director: Gene Nelson
• Musical Highlights: Harem Holiday; So Close, Yet So Far

Frankie and Johnny
(1966 - 87 min.) ***

Plot: Elvis is a riverboat singer who can't give up gambling or decide between two women vying for his affection.

• Donna Douglas
• Sue Ann Langdon
• Nancy Novak
• Harry Morgan
• Director: Frederick de Cordova
• Musical Highlights: Frankie and Johnny, Please Don't Stop Loving Me