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8 November 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
MGM Presents ELVIS PRESLEY at his greatest morePlot:
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreNewsDesk:
Interview: Terence Davies on "Of Time and the City"(From IFC. 15 January 2009, 4:32 PM, PST)
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If Only All Inmates Were Like This moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Elvis Presley | ... | Vince Everett | |
| Judy Tyler | ... | Peggy Van Alden | |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | ... | Hunk Houghton | |
| Vaughn Taylor | ... | Mr. Shores (narrator) | |
| Jennifer Holden | ... | Sherry Wilson | |
| Dean Jones | ... | Teddy Talbot | |
| Anne Neyland | ... | Laury Jackson |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
96 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 (video rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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During the recording session of "Don't Leave Me Now," the studio wall is covered with portraits of other RCA artists including: The Ames Brothers (Joe, Gene, Vic & Ed), Jaye P. Morgan, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, Tony Martin, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte and Hugo Winterhalter. Studio session musicians included: Bassist Bill Black, drummer D.J. Fontana, pianist Mike Stoller and guitarist Scotty Moore. Elvis performed this song three times over the course of this movie. moreGoofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: In several of the songs Elvis sings, his lips don't quite match the words in places. This is probably because he is lip-syncing to a a recording he made earlier. moreQuotes:
Vince Everett: [their first meeting, after she has criticized his dull singing style] Okay, you're used to the top talent. What are you wasting your time working *me* over for?Peggy Van Alden: [softly] I like the way you swing a guitar.
[they look at each other and start laughing]
Vince Everett: Yeah, I guess I *did* get a lot of wrist action into it, didn't I?
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Don't Leave Me Now moreFAQ
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| during the opening bar scene | krazyniko |
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Elvis Presley was a great singer and, of course, one of the real legends in the history of show business.....but his films? Well, I guess some people liked them. They were too sappy for me, sort of like those Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello Bikini Beach movies of that era.
I did check this one out, hoping there would be a number of fast songs in here, such as the great title tune "Jailhouse Rock." To my disappointment, almost all the songs were ballads.....hardly something to get pumped over.
The inmates in this prison were most clean-cut, nicest and most polite "jailbirds" you ever did see. This wasn't a jail; it was the Young Republicans Club. The only nasty person was the warden. Well, they set a trend there as wardens have been nasty in the movies ever since. As for Elvis, let's just say I preferred his records to his movies.