Monday, August 20, 2018

Fun in Acapulco (1963), 6

Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a ... 
1h 37min | Comedy, Music | 27 November 1963 | Color, WS
Director: Richard Thorpe
Stars: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas, Alejandro Rey.
Charles O'Curran ... stager: musical numbers

Watched online, ok print.

11 songs in the Soundtracks.

The trivia item that said Col. Parker wanted EP to sing enough songs in his films to fill an album appears to be correct.

EP "only" made 2 films this year, not 3.

Plot elements: woman bullfighter, cliff diving, trapeze act, circus death, French chef, immigration, child acting as agent/factotum, teen brat. Fewer would be better.

EP's voice goes well with mariachi music.

I guess we get pretty scenery too. Nothing here to make me crave this film.

Wallis-Hazen, distr. Paramount, dir. Thorpe; 6