SpinoutElvis plays a singing race car driver who tries to resist the charms of three women (Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley), all of whom are determined to marry him. Easy Come, Easy GoAs a singing frogman, Elvis spoofs the mid-sixties counter culture while trying to recover...
which—surprisingly—has little to do with gambling or show business. Instead, Elvis is the singing racecar driver Lucky Jackson, who woos Ann-Margret as Rusty Martin, the Flamingo’s pool manager, while preparing for the (fictitious) Las Vegas Grand Prix. Although many of the in...
In a review for The Times, Robert Abele writes, "Director Dustin Marcellino and writer Howard Klausner steer their parallel-fates movie toward every cliche, and the aggressive wholesomeness — including avoidance of anything potentially grim about race relations in the Deep South of the '50s and ...
Speedwaywas Elvis Presley's 27th movie in order of release but actually his 26th to be filmed. (MGM shotSpeedwaybeforeStay Away, Joebut released it afterwards.) It would be the last in a long line of light, song-filled, musical-comedies featuring Presley. By the time the film hit theater...
In many ways, the events of 1960 and Elvis’ return to America set up a cycle of events that he was either never willing or able to escape for the rest of his life. Elvis would fly to Los Angeles or go on location for a movie shoot for a few weeks, pop into a California or Nas...
“After that, we completely lost interest. The movie could have been something great. We were cut off. We had no communication with him. And Elvis went on to do some unimportant films.” Stoller saw Presley for the last time in Vegas shortly before his death in 1977. He introduced the ...
The first time I remember hearing Stevie Wonder was when I heard him singing "Fingertips," in the movieCooley High. I was in awe of this child's ability to see himself so clearly and be so sure of himself so young. Then I had to go back and discover Stevie Wonder as a...
The plot, no more complicated than it has to be, revolves around Lucky Jackson (Presley), a race-car driver who unluckily loses the money he needs for a new engine, and seeks employment as a hotel waiter while romancing swimming instructor Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret) as a fringe benefit. ...
The first time I remember hearing Stevie Wonder was when I heard him singing "Fingertips," in the movieCooley High. I was in awe of this child's ability to see himself so clearly and be so sure of himself so young. Then I had to go back and discover Stevie Wonder as a whol...