Elvis Presley
1) Blue Hawaii
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English
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Though his mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder, Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar. Defying his mother's wishes, Elvis goes to work as a tour guide where he entertains a car full of cuties. This rockabilly romp is sure to make any lover of the king of rock and roll smile! Nominated for Best Written American Musical by the **Writer's Guild of America**.
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English
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Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix. At least, he will be ready to race once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough, but loses it when a pretty swimming pool manager takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both the race and the girl. His problems don't get any easier when rival Elmo Mancini, a fellow racer and womaniser, gets in the way.
6) Girl happy
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English
Description
As his daughter, Valerie (Shelley Fabares), sets off on a spring break trip to Florida, thuggish businessman Big Frank (Harold J. Stone) insists that singer Rusty Wells (Elvis Presley) shadow her. Valerie warms to Rusty, but when she realizes that he's been paid to keep her out of trouble, she rebels, taking up with Italian womanizer Romano (Fabrizio Mioni). As her wild ways land her in jail, Rusty must deal with her father's wrath, Romano's threats...
Pub. Date
[2007, 2002]
Language
English
Description
Paradise Hawaiian style: An out-of-work pilot starts a charter service in Hawaii with an old buddy and two helicopters. Easy come, easy go: A navy frogman who discovers buried treasure and sets out to retrieve it with the aid of the skipper's daughter in this romance set to sixties music.
Pub. Date
2017, 2022.
Language
English
Description
The collection features eight classic Elvis Presley films: King Creole: Set in New Orleans, Elvis is a singing bus boy in a nightclub. G.I. blues: Elvis plays an Oklahoma singer who wants to open a club when he gets out of the army. Blue Hawaii: Elvis plays an ex-GI returning home to Hawaii. Roustabout: Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the highways on his Japanese motorcycle. Girls, girls, girls!: Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Just when Navaho rodeo star Joe Lightcloud has it all figured out, his plans go up in smoke. His idea about raising cattle on the reservation is a good one. But you know that great chow Joe and everyone else enjoyed at the community party last night? Turns out somebody's barbecued the herd's only bull! Where Joe goes, trouble follows.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In his 28th film, Elvis Presley plays frazzled photographer and playboy Greg, who holds two simultaneous jobs--one for the publisher of a girlie magazine, another for an adman--while also contending with the kooky attentions of a beach beauty. Four songs, including "A little less conversation" and the "Edge of reality" dream sequence, add to the zippy fun.
12) Tickle me
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Lonnie Beale, a guitar-playing rodeo rider who ends up working at a dude ranch/spa for actresses and models, attracts all of them except the instructor, until he aids her in finding buried gold in a ghost town. Features nine songs, including "I'm yours" and "(Such an) Easy question."
13) Kissin' cousins
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In his 15th film, the King plays dark-haired Air Force Lt. Josh Morgan and blond good ol' boy Jodie Tatum. On an assignment that's "like biting into a beehive," Josh wants to negotiate with the Tatums for military use of their Smoky Mountain homestead as a missile site. But Jodie is right wary of federal "revenooers" and of this lookalike who claims to be kin. Includes songs "Barefoot ballad," "[It's a] Long lonely highway," "Tender feeling," "Kissin'...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Music man: Harold Hill poses as a boys' band leader to con naive Iowa townsfolk.
Yankee Doodle Dandy: A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer.
Singin' in the rain: Silent movies are giving way to talking pictures, and a hoofer-turned-matinée idol is caught in that bumpy transition, as well as his buddy, prospective ladylove, and shrewish co-star.
Seven brides for seven brothers: When the...