Elvis Presley made 31 films in 13 years.
“When you say, ‘Elvis movie,’ everyone thinks of the musical romances, what Elvis himself jokingly called ‘the Presley travelogues.’ Elvis plays this archetype where he’s a free spirit with an exciting job in a vacation spot, so he’s never part of the humdrum, everyday world. And then he meets up with his costar, the leading lady. She either wants nothing to do with him and he chases her, or he’s not interested, but she chases him. But that’s what gets him to settle down.
Decades after his breakthrough, Presley remains the standard-bearer rock icon. Yet his movies, by and large, get little respect, something Presley himself fed into. By the late 1960s, as he got his singing and concert career back on track, The King was “chomping at the bit to get back on the stage,” Doll notes. “When he does, as part of his stage patter, he jokes about his movie career.
But the early films, especially, which tended to support Presley with strong directors and supporting casts, show a great deal of promise—and several of the travelogues are immensely entertaining. A little less conversation: Here are 10 essential Presley films to see after watchingWith only three songs, it’s not your typical Elvis fare, but with a script credited to Clifford Odets, this was probably the type of prestige film that Presley envisioned for himself when he pursued an acting career.
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