1h 44min | Comedy, Musical | 23 November 1960 | Color, WS
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse.
Charles O'Curran ... choreographer
11 songs in the Soundtracks, all sung by EP. None say 'danced by JP', so those are likely additional.
1st of 9 pairings of director Taurog (b. 1899) and EP, spanning '60-'68. Taurog directed 105 shorts ('20-'31) and 79 films ('28-'68).
4th of 11 films for JP. She was 5'11". Per her IMDb trivia, she had a romance with FS, who was 5'7". EP was 5'11.75.
1st post-Army film of EP ('35-'77); 5th of 31 films ('56-'69).
Nice to see EP in a comedy, not playing someone troubled and brooding. He is good at that, but I don't particularly want to see it. On the other hand, this is pure fluff, and the music is shrug-worthy.
My favorite songs here are Blue Suede Shoes (played on the jukebox) and ballad Tonight is So Right for Love, (per IMDb trivia) which is "based on the aria "Barcarole" by Jacques Offenbach from his opera "The mermaids of the Rhine" from 1864. Due to copyright issues in Europe an alternative version was released based on "Geschichten aus dem Wiederwald" by Johann Strauß."
Hal Wallis Prod., distr. Paramount, dir. Taurog; 6
