Year: 1970 Age: 35 Movie: 33rd Concert and rehearsals. We get it all, including a few bloopers. During the first rehearsal footage Elvis looks ike he needs a good rest. He doesn't look bad, quite the opposite actually, he just looks like he would really appreciate a good holiday. I am watching this with my… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 30 Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (1970)
Year: 1968 Age: 33 Movie: 28th Wow, a very different feel straight away. We are heading into the 70's here. Elvis plays Greg Nolan, a newspaper photographer, and the first scene is Greg driving along the road and then the beach in his dune buggy. Hair all messed up, not something you see in many… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 28 Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
Year: 1968 Age: 33 Movie: 26th Ok, so Stay Away Joe, is a very different movie from the get go. Opening scene is Joe (Elvis) chasing cows with his car, and boy does he look like he is enjoying himself. This movie doesn't really get good reviews and I don't think I have ever really… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 26 Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Year: 1967 Age: 32 Movie: 23rd (I've posted this one a little early...about 2 hours early, to sleepy to wait...I'm going to bed) Set in London and filmed in Hollywood. I was looking forward to this as much as Elvis was. I just find this movie has really missed the mark. I love some of… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH DAY 24 Double Trouble (1967)
Year: 1967 Age: 32 Movie: 23rd The songs aren't nearly as good as in the last film (Spinout), we are heading into the last quarter of the 60's and things are starting to change. The fashions, the outlook, the music, the people, the everything. I have alway adored the title song, and I don't have… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 23 Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Year: 1964 Age: 29 Movie: 14th Welcome to Viva Las Vegas. If you've only seen one Elvis movie it may just be this one. Probably the most quoted and watched Elvis movie ever made. For good reason too. Ann-Margret is the co-star in this one and holds her own opposite Elvis. Known as the female… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 14 Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Year: 1962 Age: 27 Movie: 11th The only one of Elvis's feature films to be nominated for a Golden Globe award. Sun, surf, summer days and Girls! Girls! Girls! Groovy, catchy, and a load of sax. Fantastic title song. Elvis is on a charter boat with some clients pulling in a stock footage marlin. This… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 11 Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Year: 1962 Age: 27 Movie: 9th I love this movie. If you want a feel good fun movie to watch one afternoon while consuming a bowl of popcorn and having a dance around the lounge room, well this movie is IT! Follow That Dream has 5 good songs full of fun and innocence. So easy… Continue reading ELVIS MONTH Day 9 Follow That Dream (1962)
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