Movies

Have a look at this original 1961 theatrical trailer for the Elvis Presley movie “Wild in the Country” The film “Wild in the Country” is one of Elvis’s more serious and dramatic. Soon his film career would feature him in more light-hearted fare. Presley’s co-stars in this film include Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, and Millie […]
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Here’s Elvis singing “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” in this scene from the movie Jailhouse Rock: The song “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” was one of seven songs featured on the Jailhouse Rock soundtrack. On the soundtrack recording of the song, Elvis also played the electric bass. Another notable recording of […]
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Watch Elvis sing the song “Frankie and Johnny” in this clip from the movie: The film Frankie and Johnny was released in 1966. It stars Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler named Johnny and Donna Douglas (best known for playing Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies television series) as his love interest Frankie. The […]
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Look at this original theatrical trailer for the Elvis movie G.I. Blues: The film G.I. Blues takes an inspiration from Elvis Presley’s real-life experience. In the movie he plays Tulsa McLean, an American soldier stationed in Germany with dreams of a music career. GI Blues was the first film Elvis made after being released from […]
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Check out this scene from the movie King Creole where Elvis sings “Young Dreams” The film King Creole was released in 1958. In this scene Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) tells Nellie (Dolores Hart) about his aspirations before singing “Young Dreams” at the King Creole nightclub. Pick up a DVD of King Creole for yourself from […]
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Watch Elvis perform “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” That scene is from the 1957 movie Loving You. “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” made it to the number one spot on the music charts in the summer of 1957 and held that position for seven weeks. There have been several covers of this song […]
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In this clip from the movie Blue Hawaii, Elvis sings “Rock-A-Hula Baby” Also seen in this clip are Elvis’s Blue Hawaii co-stars Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, and Roland Winters. The song “Rock-A-Hula Baby” was written by Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, and Dolores Fuller (onetime girlfriend of director Ed Wood) who had written songs for many […]
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The theatrical trailer for the 1970 documentary film Elvis: That’s the Way It Is The film Elvis: That’s the Way It Is was this first non-scripted, theatrical motion picture starring Elvis Presley. This film was intended to showcase Elvis’s triumphant return to live performing that had just begun. Most of the performances shown in the […]
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The movie Loving You was Elvis Presley’s second movie role. Watch the entire film here: Loving You was released on July 9, 1957. Although Elvis had a supporting role in the movie Love Me Tender, this was his first time being cast in a lead movie role. Elvis plays Deke Rivers, a delivery man who […]
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