1h 46min | Comedy, Musical | 21 November 1962 | Color, ws
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong, Robert Strauss.
Charles O'Curran ... stager: music numbers
Watched online, mediocre print, only 1h 39min.
14 songs by EP, 3 by SS, 1 more in Soundtracks. Most familiar: Return To Sender.
3rd EP film this year, as it will be until he's done after '69.
Partially set in nightclub, which accounts for many of the songs. EP also sings on the fishing boat.
Other than getting to hear EP sing, and some Hawaiian vistas, this is dull. I don't care about either woman chasing him, nor his living situation/ambitions (see synopsis). Amazing how long 1:39 can seem when it's too much of a similar thing. Unfortunately, I think I had watched the beginning of this recently, so it was actually repetitious.
Hal Wallis Prod., distr. Paramount, dir. Taurog; 6
