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This Is Elvis *** (1981, Elvis Presley, David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Dana MacKay, Johnny Harra) – Classic Movie Review 10,909

The 1981 musical biographical documentary This Is Elvis is an intimate, lovingly handled cinema feature biopic of the King, some of it re-enacted as dramatisations but most of it archive footage of home movies, TV […]

Feb, 13

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is **** (1970, Elvis Presley) – Classic Movie Review 9305

Here in Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970) is Elvis Presley in regal splendour rehearsing and performing in 1970 on his first concert tour since 1957. Director Denis Sanders looks at Presley backstage, polishing […]

Jan, 26

Elvis on Tour *** (1972, Elvis Presley) – Classic Movie Review 9304

Elvis Presley’s last film Elvis on Tour (1972) is ‘a close-up of the birth and life of an American phenomenon’, according to producer-directors Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (who also made Mad Dogs and Englishmen). […]

Jan, 26

Elvis **** (1979, Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell) Classic Movie Review 9303

Kurt Russell leads as Elvis in director John Carpenter’s compelling 1979 biographical account of Presley’s rise to stardom, making an effective stab at re-creating the King, with help from country singer Ronnie McDowell’s excellent voicing […]

Jan, 26

Charro! * (1969, Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French, Barbara Werle) – Classic Movie Review 9264

Writer/ producer/ director Charles Marquis Warren’s boring 1969 Western film Charro! is one of the real low spots of Elvis Presley’s career. Elvis plays Jess Wade, a one-time outlaw who is set up as the […]

Jan, 15

Live a Little, Love a Little ** (1968, Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter, Rudy Valee, Dick Sargent, Sterling Holloway, Celeste Yarnall) – Classic Movie Review 7655

Director Norman Taurog’s 1968 Live a Little, Love a Little is an easy-going, good-natured, very old-fashioned musical-comedy vehicle for Elvis Presley. It was way out of step with the times back in 1968 but seems […]

Oct, 09

Girl Happy ** (1965, Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J Stone, Gary Crosby, Nita Talbot, Mary Ann Mobley, Jackie Coogan, Joby Baker, Fabrizio Mioni) – Classic Movie Review 6234

Director Boris Sagal’s 1965 musical stars Elvis Presley, whose fans are kept happy despite a weak yarn about rock and roll band lead singer Rusty Wells (Presley). Rusty is hired by Chicago gangster Big Frank […]

Nov, 12

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