The
Ultimate Film Collection Includes:
Elvis'
movies, bonus disks and exclusive
materials
Jailhouse
Rock
MGM, 1957
Elvis Presley's third film, Jailhouse Rock, is
one of the music and film industry's definitive early "rock operas" – films
with rock 'n' roll music as the soundtrack and a key element of the storyline
and overall vibe. Jailhouse Rock is an Elvis classic, considered his
best film as an actor, second only to King Creole (1958). The production
number staged for the title song is widely regarded as a key precursor
for modern-day music videos. Along with the outstanding Jailhouse Rock
production number are performances of Don't Leave Me Now, (You're So
Square) Baby, I Don't Care and others. Elvis delivers a solid acting
performance and – with his look, his clothes, his hip lingo, his
swagger, his attitude – Elvis personifies cool.
Vince Everett (Elvis) is a working-class
guy who gets into a barroom fight with a man who reacts jealously
when his lady shows Vince some attention. Vince, whose temper
can suddenly flare white-hot when he's provoked, hits him one
time too many and the man dies at the scene. Vince goes to prison
for manslaughter. His cellmate is country singer Hunk Houghton
(Mickey Shaughnessy), who teaches Vince to play guitar and develop
his singing voice. A televised prison talent show gets Vince
noticed and, once he's a free man, he pursues a career in music,
guided by the lovely Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler). Eventually,
Vince's career takes off and his ego gets the better of him;
he's not the nice guy he was originally. Hunk shows up after
his own release from prison, pushing Vince to live up to a partnership
agreement they signed while in jail together. Conflicts arise
between Vince and Peggy in their professional and personal relationship.
Injury from a fight with Hunk threatens to end Vince's career,
but it all works out in the end.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents
ELVIS PRESLEY in “JAILHOUSE ROCK
Co-Starring
JUDY TYLER with MICKEY SHAUGHNESSY,
DEAN JONES, JENNIFER HOLDEN
Screen Play by GUY TROSPER
Directed by RICHARD THORPE
Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN in CINEMASCOPE
An AVON Production
Program Content & Photography © 1957 Turner
Entertainment Co., Lawrence Weingarten, Pandro S. Berman & Kathryn
Berman. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX, Inc. Company.
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights reserved. “Dolby” and
the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified
as follows from its original version: it has been formatted to
fit your screen. WIDESCREEN VERSION Presented in a “LETTERBOX” widescreen
format preserving the “SCOPE” aspect ratio of its
original theatrical exhibition. ENHANCED FOR WIDESCREEN TVS.
The
Trouble with Girls (And How To Get Into It)
MGM, 1969
The film is set in 1927. Walter Hale (Elvis) is
the manager of the Chautauqua, a traveling fair offering educational,
spiritual, musical and artistic enlightenment and family entertainment.
Hale deals with the ups and downs of overseeing the eclectic group of
interesting characters who make up the cast of the Chautauqua. One is
Charlene (Marlyn Mason), who is a strong advocate for union rights for
the performers, and routinely butts heads with Walter, yet a romance
still evolves. In the midst of all of it is a murder mystery involving
the mother of a Chautauqua cast member. The film boasts an impressive
supporting cast, including Vincent Price, John Carradine, Joyce Van Patten
and Dabney Coleman.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESELY
in “THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS ”
Co-Starring MARLYN MASON, SHEREE NORTH, EDWARD ANDREWS
Guest Stars VINCENT PRICE, JOYCE VAN PATTON
Screenplay by ARNOLD & LOIS PEYSER
Produced by LESTER WELCH
Directed by PETER TEWKSBURY
Panavision® Metrocolor®
The Trouble With Girls © 1969, Supplementary
Material Compilation © 2004 Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed
by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley
Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights reserved. “Dolby” and
the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Viva Las Vegas
MGM, 1964
Lucky Jackson (Elvis) is a racecar driver in town
for the Vegas Grand Prix. His rival on the track, Count Elmo Mancini
(Cesare Danova), also becomes his rival for the affections of the gorgeous
Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret), whom they meet when she stops by the garage
for a little mechanical assistance with her car. Rusty: "Could you
check my motor - it whistles." Lucky: "I don't blame it." Lucky
becomes cash poor due to a mishap. Resistant Rusty eventually falls for
Lucky's charms, but fears getting serious about a man who's in such a
dangerous profession, one that Lucky won't give up. They have a falling
out culminating in a showdown in which they compete in a talent contest.
Ultimately, they surrender to their love for each other. The money Lucky
needs to prepare his car for the race turns up. Then there's the drama
of a long night of trying to get the car ready in time. Rusty dons coveralls
and tries to help, but charmingly manages to get in the way (For instance,
by unplugging power tools to plug in a coffee pot). Then there's the
drama of the race itself. Lucky wins and marries Rusty before the closing
credits roll.
Viva Las Vegas features fine musical performances
by its stars, most notably their duet song-and-dance number C'mon Everybody,
their charming duet on The Lady Loves Me, Elvis's cover of the Ray Charles
classic What'd I Say, and Ann-Margret's talent contest performance, Appreciation.
This romantic musical comedy has reached iconic status through the years
and is, today, arguably the best known film starring either Elvis or
Ann-Margret. It is generally considered one of the very best Elvis films
of the 1960s.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESLEY and ANN-MARGRET in A JACK
CUMMINGS-GEORGE SIDNEY Production “VIVA LAS VEGAS”
Co-Starring CESARE DANOVA, WILLIAM DEMAREST, NICKY BLAIR
Written by SALLY BENSON
Directed by GEORGE SIDNEY
Panavision® Metrocolor®
Program Content © 1963, Photography © 1964 Turner Entertainment
Co. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX, Inc. Company.
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights reserved. “Dolby” and
the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen. WIDESCREEN VERSION
Presented in a “LETTERBOX” widescreen format preserving the “SCOPE” aspect
ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. ENHANCED FOR WIDESCREEN
TVS.
It
Happened at the Worlds Fair
MGM, 1963
Pilot Mike Edwards (Elvis) and his partner Danny
Burke (Gary Lockwood) hitchhike to Seattle to find work to pay for getting
their plane out of hock. Mike repays a Chinese farmer for a ride by taking
his seven-year-old niece, Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu), on a tour of the World's
Fair. He ends up looking after her and dealing with Child Welfare when
her uncle seems to disappear. At the fair he meets and falls for a lovely
nurse, Diane Warren (Joan O'Brien), who takes a long time to warm up
to him. Mike and Danny unintentionally find themselves involved with
a smuggling ring and work with law enforcement to put a stop to the bad
guys. The situation with their plane gets resolved, Sue-Lin's uncle returns,
and Mike and Diane seem destined to live "happily ever after" by
the film's end. In fact, the song for the closing production number is
Happy Ending.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESLEY in a TED RICHMOND PRODUCTION “IT
HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR”
Co-Starring JOAN O’BRIEN, GARY LOCKWOOD
Written by SI ROSE AND SEAMAN JACOBS
Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
Panavision® Metrocolor®
It Happened at the World’s Fair © 1963 Turner Entertainment
Co. and Ted Richmond Productions, Inc. Supplementary Material Compilation © 2004
Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.,
a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All
rights reserved. “Dolby” and the ]symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Harum
Scarum
MGM, 1965
Johnny Tyronne (Elvis) is an American actor/singer
visiting the Middle East for the premiere of his latest film, Sands of
the Desert. Johnny is kidnapped by a group of assassins, leading to a
series of adventures in the fictitious Arabian kingdom of Lunarkand.
Johnny escapes with a band of minor criminals, and leads an effort to
save King Toranshah (Phillip Reed) from the assassins' plot against his
life. Johnny ends up a hero in real life as in his films. Of course,
he also gets the girl, the king's daughter, Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann
Mobley). He had romanced her for much of their acquaintance, thinking
she was a servant, a ruse set up by the princess in order to find true
love, which she thought was unlikely with any man aware of her royal
identity.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESLEY in “HARUM SCARUM”
Co-Starring MARY ANN MOBLEY, FRAN JEFFRIES, MICHAEL ANSARA
Written by GERALD DRAYSON ADAMS
Directed by GENE NELSON
Produced by SAM KATZMAN
A FOUR LEAF PRODUCTION IN METROCOLOR
Harum Scarum © 1965 Turner Entertainment Co., Jerry Katzman and
Ruth Sperling. Supplementary Material Compilation © 2004 Turner
Entertainment Co. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX,
Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights
reserved. “Dolby” and the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Double
Trouble
MGM, 1967
Guy Lambert (Elvis) is an American singer making nightclub appearances
in Europe. He meets young heiress Jill Conway (Annette Day), who has
her sights set on him romantically. Despite his trepidation about getting
involved and his efforts to dissuade her, plus the interference of Jill's
appointed guardian (John Williams), who wants to keep them apart, romance
eventually blossoms. The romantic thread of the story is woven through
a tapestry of screwball comedy and intrigue with spies, kidnappers and
jewel thieves targeting the heiress, as well as a trio of zany detectives
(The Wiere Brothers), with whom Guy works to thwart the bad guys. Guy
ultimately sends the criminals to justice and goes on to live "happily
ever after" with the heiress. Guy and Jill share a kiss at the end
of the film that appears, both literally and figuratively, "explosive."
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESELEY in “DOUBLE TROUBLE ”
Co-Starring JOHN WILLIAMS, YVONNE ROMAIN, THE WIERE BROTHERS and introducing
ANNETTE DAY
Screenplay by JO HELMS
Based on a Story by MARC BRANDEL
Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
Produced by JUDD BERNARD and IRWIN WINKLER
Panavision® Metrocolor®
Double Trouble © 1966, Supplementary Material Compilation © 2004
Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.,
a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All
rights reserved. “Dolby” and the ]symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Elvis: That’s The Way It Is
SPECIAL EDITION
( ORIGINAL MATERIAL -
1968; THIS VERSION 2005)
The concert documentary film Elvis, That's The Way It Is was shot in
1970, focusing on Elvis's summer engagement at the International Hotel – Las
Vegas. The film opened nationally on November 11, 1970.
In 2001, Elvis: That's The Way It Is, Special Edition replaced the original
version on the DVD market. This edition was produced by film archivist/restorer
Rick Schmidlin with remastered picture, remixed sound, a completely new
edit and the inclusion of elements not used in the original version.
That's The Way It Is takes you behind the scenes into rehearsals and
onto the stage with Elvis in his prime, during the height of his powers
as a concert superstar.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents “ELVIS:THAT'S THE WAY IT IS ”
Directed by DENIS SANDERS
“ELVIS: THAT’S THE WAY IT IS” SPECIAL EDITION
Produced by RICK SCHMIDLIN
Edited by MICHAEL SOLOMON
Executive Producers ROGER L. MAYER, GEORGE FELTENSTEIN
Production Consultant ERNST MIKAEL JORGENSEN
Post-Production Supervisor BRAD ARENSMAN
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is & Photography © 1970, Elvis:
That’s the Way It Is Special Edition & Supplementary Material © 2001
Turner Entertainment Co., a Time Warner Company. Patch It Up: The Restoration
of Elvis: That’s the Way It Is © 2000 Turner Classic Movies,
a Time Warner Company. © 2004 Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed
by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley
Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights reserved. “Dolby” and
the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Spinout
MGM, 1966
The title song uses driving and "spinning
out" as a metaphor for the dangers a man faces with love and escaping
the romantic designs of a desirable woman. Mike McCoy (Elvis) has dual
careers – racecar driver and lead singer of a music combo. A confirmed
bachelor, he finds himself the object of marriage-minded romantic pursuit
by three women. Cynthia Foxhugh (Shelley Fabares) catches his club act
and is smitten. She's the daughter of a wealthy automotive magnate who
engineers things for Mike to sing at Cynthia's birthday party and who
wants Mike to drive his company's new experimental car, the Fox Five,
in the Santa Fe Road Race. Les (Deborah Walley), Mike's tomboyish drummer,
eventually reveals the softer, decidedly feminine side of her personality,
as well as her feelings for Mike. Diana St. Clair (Diane McBain), a writer
who has been studying Mike for her latest book The Perfect American Male,
decides he fits the bill as her ideal mate. What's a guy to do? After
much comedic mayhem and the big race, Mike resolves his dilemma. All
three ladies end up married, but not to him. Another successful "spinout" for
Mike.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESELEY in “SPINOUT”
Co-Starring SHELLEY FABARES, DEBORAH WALLEY, DIANE MCBAIN, JACK MULLANEY,
WILL HUTCHINS, WARREN BERLINGER, JIMMY HAWKINS, DODIE MARSHALL, UNA MERKEL,
CECIL KELLAWAY and CARL BETZ.
Written by THEODORE J. FLICKER and GEORGE KIRGO
Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
Produced by JOE PASTERNAK
A Euterpe Production
Panavision® and Metrocolor®
Spinout © 1966 Turner Entertainment Co. and Euterpe, Inc. Supplementary
Material Compilation © 2004 Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed
by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley
Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All rights reserved. “Dolby” and
the ]symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
Speedway
MGM, 1968
Steve Grayson (Elvis) is a successful racecar driver
and has a way with a song. He also has a way with the ladies. (Check
out his bachelor pad trailer with the full range of automatic gadgetry
reminiscent of Rock Hudson's lair in Pillow Talk.) Steve also has a heart
of gold and regularly and generously shells out cash to help people he
encounters who are in need. Life is good, but all is not as it seems
with his finances. His business manager and best friend, Kenny Donford
(Bill Bixby), hasn't handled Steve's taxes as carefully as he should
have and Steve finds himself a hundred grand in debt to the IRS. Kenny's
penchant for playing the ponies hasn't helped either. The financial situation
also sets in motion a repossession of Steve's gifts to others. Enter
Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra), whom the IRS has assigned to keep Steve
on a strict budget as he works toward squaring things with the IRS. Naturally,
the free-wheeling Steve and the disciplined Susan clash, and (well, of
course) they also spark romantically. As with Viva Las Vegas several
years earlier, it all comes down to the big race and the prize money
being the solution for all the financial woes. The scenes of preparation
in the garage the night before with Susan (Sinatra), all suited up in
coveralls and trying to help, bear quite a resemblance to such scenes
with Rusty (Ann-Margret) in Viva.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents ELVIS PRESELEY, NANCI SINATRA in “SPEEDWAY”
Co-Starring BILL BIXBY, GALE GORDON, CARL BALLENTINE
Written by PHILLIP SHUKEN
Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
Produced by DOUGLAS LAWRENCE
Panavision® Metrocolor®
Speedway © 1968, Supplementary Material Compilation © 2004
Turner Entertainment Co. Distributed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.,
a CKX, Inc. Company. 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All
rights reserved. “Dolby” and the ]symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
STANDARD VERSION this film has been modified as follows from its original
version: it has been formatted to fit your screen.
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Bonus Disks
Elvis:
Black Leather DVD
ELVIS:
BLACK LEATHER
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ‘68 COMEBACK SPECIAL
(ORIGINAL MATERIAL - 1970; This Edit - 2005)
In the 1950s, singer Elvis Presley led the rock ‘n’ roll
revolution in music and pop culture. In the 1960s he concentrated mainly
on his successful movie career. By 1968, it had been more than seven
years since he had appeared on stage in front of a live audience. In
his first television special, clad in his
now-iconic black leather suit, Elvis performed classic hits both alone
on stage and, in sequences generally regarded as the forerunner of today’s
popular “unplugged” jam sessions, with friends and original
bandmates. The program also included splashy production numbers. Usually
referred to as the ’68 Comeback Special, the actual name of the
program was Elvis. Taped in June 1968 in Burbank, it first aired December
3, 1968 on NBC. It was the network’s biggest ratings victory that
year and the season’s top-rated show. It stands today as one of
the great moments in rock music history and as a stunningly brilliant
milestone in Elvis Presley's career. After this triumph Elvis poured
renewed creative vigor into his recording work, wrapped up his movie
contract obligations and returned full-time to the concert stage, beginning
a new and exciting era of the Elvis phenomenon.
Here, available for the first time on DVD, is a special edit of the show
called Elvis: Black Leather, created for distribution to European television
stations starting in 2005. It contains the traditional Trouble/Guitar
Man show opener and a special white suit/black leather suit combination
of the If I Can Dream show closer. The balance of the disc contains highlights
of Elvis's "black leather stand-up" and "black leather
sit-down jam session" performances that were shot as a source of
core content for the original TV special.
© 2006 Elvis Presley Enterprises, a CKX, Inc. Company,
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116. All Rights Reserved.
Original Executive Producer: Bob Finkel
Original Producer & Director: Steve Binder
ELVIS
MOVIE MUSIC PERFORMANCES
+
Never Before Seen Home Movies DVD
From Jailhouse
Rock
• Treat
Me Nice
• Jailhouse Rock
• Baby, I Don’t Care
From It
Happened At The World’s Fair
• One Broken Heart For Sale
From
Viva Las Vegas
• Viva
Las Vegas
• C’mon Everybody
• What’d I Say
From Spinout
• I’ll Be Back
From Double
Trouble
• Long Legged Girl (With The Short
Dress On)
From The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Clean Up Your Own Backyard
From Elvis – That’s
The Way It Is
• Just Pretend
• Bridge Over Trouble Water
• I’ve Lost You
ELVIS MUSIC RARITIES CD
Treat Me
Nice
takes 1,2,3 (3:30)
Jerry Leiber/ Mike Stoller
From the Follow That Dream release Flashback
One Broken
Heart For Sale
movie version (4:10)
Otis Blackwell/Winfield Scott
From the Follow That Dream release It Happened At The World’s Fair
Viva Las
Vegas
takes 1,2,3 (4:11)
Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman
From the Follow That Dream release Viva Las Vegas
Hey Little
Girl
takes 1,2 (2:56)
Joy Byers
From the Follow That Dream release Harum Scarum
All That
I Am
take 2 (3:58)
Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett
From the Follow That Dream release Spinout
Long Legged
Girl (with the Short Dress On)
takes 1 & 2 (2:51)
Leslie McFarland/Winfield Scott
From the Follow That Dream release Double Trouble
Speedway
master (2:14)
Glazer/Schlaks
From the original RCA album Speedway
Almost
take 11 (1:42)
Buddy Kaye/Ben Weisman
From the Follow That Dream release Silver Screen Stereo
Jailhouse
Rock
(2:00)
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
From the Follow That Dream release Burbank ‘68
That’s
All Right
(2:27)
Arthur Crudup
From the Follow That Dream release One Night In Vegas
Mystery
Train/Tiger Man
(2:53)
Parker/Phillips-Louis/Burns
From the Follow That Dream release One Night In Vegas
You’ve
Lost That Loving Feeling
(4:17)
Barry
Mann/Cynthia Weill
From the Follow That Dream release One Night In Vegas
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
(2:31)
Wickham/Napier-Bell/Donaggio/Pallavicine
From the Follow That Dream release One Night In Vegas
Polk Salad
Annie
(4:15)
Tony Joe White
From the Follow That Dream release One Night In Vegas
Exclusive
Elvis Archival Material
Two
16-page collector booklets with film synopses,
photographs, trivia and behind-the-scenes stories.
A copy of Elvis's script from the movie Jailhouse Rock.
From the Graceland Archives – The Elvis Movie Files -
a collection of duplicates of vintage news clippings and confidential
documents relating to Elvis's film career from the files of his illustrious
longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker.
A collection of six 8"x10" photographs of Elvis from the production
of some of his films.
A collection of 5"x7" reprints of the original movie posters
for all 9 MGM films and for Elvis: Black Leather.
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