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Elvis Presley
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Former truck driver & theater usher, who was once known as “The Hillbilly Cat”, established himself as the undisputed “King of Rock n Roll”. With 31 feature movies & two big screen documentaries to his credit, not to mention numerous hit songs, Elvis’ legend continues to live on.
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Fact File
Birth Name: Elvis Aaron Presley
Date Of Birth: 8th January 1935
Place Of Birth: Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
Date Of Death: 16th August 1977
Place Of Death: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Nickname: The King Of Rock n Roll
Height: 6’
Trademarks: * The famous left sided grin * Sideburns * Concert jumpsuits
Spouse:Priscilla Presley (1967 - 1973)
Debut Film:“Love Me Tender” (1956)
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Elvis Presley’s Top 20 Movies on DVD & VHS
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Love Me Tender [DVD](1956) DVD Elvis Presley's first movie finds him as a farm boy romancing his presumed-dead brother's fiancee during the Civil War. Songs include "Poor Boy," "We're Gonna Move" and the title tune. With Debra Paget, Richard Egan. 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailers.
Jailhouse Rock [DVD](1957) DVD "Warden threw a party in the county jail..." Perhaps the quintessential Elvis film has him as a young man in jail for killing a woman's attacker. Learning to play the guitar from a fellow inmate, Presley becomes a recording star after he's released. Along with the title song, Elvis performs "Treat Me Nice," "I Wanna Be Free" and more. With Mickey Shaughnessy, Judy Tyler, Dean Jones. 96 min. Widescreen and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; scene access; theatrical trailer.
Loving You [DVD](1957) DVD Small-town gas station attendant Elvis Presley is pushed into stardom by promoter Lizabeth Scott as part of her ex-husband's country band. With Wendell Corey, Delores Hart and a cameo by Presley's mother, Gladys. Songs include "Teddy Bear," "Got a Lot of Living to Do" and the title tune. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish; featurette.
King Creole [DVD](1958) DVD One of Elvis Presley's finer acting roles came in this drama based on a novel by Harold Robbins. Elvis plays a singing busboy in New Orleans who gets a job from gangster Walter Matthau as a singer in a mob-owned nightclub. With Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, Vic Morrow; songs include "Hard-Headed Woman," "Crawfish" and the title tune. 115 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
Flaming Star [DVD](1960) DVD This unusual (for star Elvis Presley) frontier drama gave the singer a rare chance to flex his dramatic muscles, playing a half-breed forced to choose when tensions mount between white settlers and his mother's Kiowa people. With Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Delores Del Rio; directed by Don Siegel ("Dirty Harry"). 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailers; interactive menus; scene access.
G.I. Blues [DVD](1960) DVD For his first movie after serving in the Army, Elvis found himself back in uniform, playing a singing soldier stationed in Germany who makes a bet with his buddies that he can woo a nightclub singer (leggy Juliet Prowse), and winds up falling for her. Songs include "It's Not Good Enough for You," "Frankfurt Special" and the title tune. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailers; scene access.
Blue Hawaii [DVD](1961) DVD Tour guide Elvis sings 14 songs and still manages to drive sightseers around the islands in golf carts in this lush musical that features great locales and such tunes as "Blue Hawaii," "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" and "Rock-a-Hula Baby." With Angela Lansbury, Joan Blackman, Roland Winters. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
Wild In The Country [DVD](1961) DVD Clifford Odets wrote the screenplay to this Elvis Presley drama about a troubled backwoods youth whose desire to write is encouraged by a social worker. With Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, John Ireland. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.
Girls! Girls! Girls! [DVD](1962) DVD There's also plenty of Elvis! Elvis! Elvis! in this tuneful romp with the King as a tuna fisherman in Hawaii who lands a nightclub-singing gig to try and get his late father's boat out of hock. Along with what the title promises (with Stella Stevens and Laurel Goodwin among the girls), you'll get lots of Songs! Songs! Songs! (including "Return to Sender," "The Nearness of You" and "Song of the Shrimp"). 98 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.
Viva Las Vegas [DVD](1963) DVD In one of his biggest and best films, Elvis Presley is "just a devil with love to spare" as a race car driver looking to enter the Las Vegas Grand Prix and romancing sexy Ann-Margret. With Cesare Danova, William Demarest and the great Jack Carter as himself. Songs include "The Lady Loves Me," "What'd I Say" and the title tune. 86 min. Widescreen and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailers; scene access.
Fun In Acapulco [DVD](1963) DVD After a big top accident leaves him with a fear of heights, trapeze performer Elvis Presley heads South of the Border and gets a job as a lifeguard/singer at an Acapulco resort. But will a rivalry with a cliff diver for the attentions of Ursula Andress force Elvis to confront his fears? "Viva el Amor," "Bossanova" and "No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car" are among Presley's songs. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.
Roustabout [DVD](1964) DVD After he's run off the road and his motorcycle is smashed, Elvis Presley signs on as a worker with a travelling carnival run by Barbara Stanwyck and eventually becomes the show's singing star (performing "Poison Ivy League," "Carnival Time," "One-Track Heart" and more) in this song-filled drama that also stars Joan Freeman, Sue Ann Langdon. Look for Raquel Welch in her film debut. 101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
Girl Happy(1965) VHS It's musical fun under the sun at Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale, as Elvis Presley lands his rock combo a gig in Florida...as long as he agrees to chaperone a mobster's coed daughter (Shelley Fabares). And when Fabares falls for Elvis, the fun really starts. This one features Presley performing "Spring Fever," "Startin' Tonight" and the classic "Do the Clam." With Harold J. Stone. Gary Crosby. 95 min.
Frankie And Johnny [DVD](1966) DVD Elvis was her man, but he did her wrong, in this rollicking musical based on the timeless song and set on a 19th-century riverboat on the Mississippi. Donna Douglas co-stars as Presley's spurned lover, Frankie; with Harry Morgan, Nancy Kovack. Songs include "Everybody Come Aboard," "When the Saints Go Marching In" and the title tune. 87 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access
Paradise, Hawaiian Style [DVD](1966) DVD Back in the Aloha State once more, Elvis this time is an ex-airline pilot who starts a charter helicopter sightseeing service and finds himself coping with pretty tourists, FAA officials, and a chopper full of dogs! And remember, "Last one out of the water is a papaya picker!" Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta co-star. Songs include "A Dog's Life, " "Sand Castles" and "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.
Clambake [DVD](1967) DVD Hey, Elvis, toss another clam in the pot! Here the King plays a bored Texas oil heir who switches places with a water-skiing instructor for some tuneful surfside action. With Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill. Presley performs "The Girl I Never Loved," "Who Needs Money" and others. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Easy Come, Easy Go [DVD](1967) DVD When Navy underwater demolitions expert Elvis Presley finds gold in a sunken wreck during his final service dive, he comes back with an oddball crew to recover the treasure. Along with the high seas action, Elvis stops by a beatnik discotheque "at a freak-out that's out of sight!" and sings "Love Machine," "I'll Take Love" and the title tune. With Dodie Marshall, Pat Harrington. 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.
Change Of Habit [DVD](1969) DVD An offbeat role for Elvis Presley (his final film) finds him as a doctor practicing in a ghetto clinic who falls for co-worker Mary Tyler Moore...unaware that she's actually a nun. With Barbara McNair, Ed Asner. Songs include "Rubberneckin'," "Let Us Pray" and the title tune. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer; biographies.
Charro! [DVD](1969) DVD Showing more smolder than hoochy-coochy, a brooding Elvis Presley stars as an ex-outlaw framed by his old gang for the theft of an antique cannon. Western drama, directed by "Gunsmoke" creator Charles Marquis Warren, also features Victor French and Lynn Kellogg. 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
Elvis: That's The Way It Is: Special Edition (1970) DVD One of the finest concert documentaries on Elvis, featuring backstage footage, interviews with fans, and highlights from his record-breaking 1970 tour. Over two dozen songs, including "Suspicious Minds," "Love Me Tender," "Bridge Over Trouble Water," "In the Ghetto" and "Can't Help Falling in Love," are performed. Remastered edition also includes never-before-seen footage and a "making of" featurette. 95 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; theatrical trailer; scene access; documentary.
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Elvis Presley Documentaries on DVD
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Elvis '56 (1987) [DVD] DVD In 1956, a 21-year-old singer named Elvis Presley was about to make the jump from local singer to a national celebrity. Levon Helm narrates this look at early Elvis, including rare concert footage, some of his first TV appearances & never before shown backstage scenes. 61 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Elvis In Hollywood: The '50s [DVD](1993) DVD The early film career of Elvis Presley is covered in this fascinating program filled with film clips, home movies, interviews and documents made available through the Presley estate. See Elvis in such classics as "Love Me Tender," "Loving You," "Jailhouse Rock" and "King Creole." 65 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby 5.1; song access; outtakes; interactive menus; home movies; photo gallery.
Elvis: The Definitive Collection Revised [DVD](2002) DVD The King lives in this massive eight-volume documentary that covers Elvis' unprecedented, and at times troubled, rise to the top. From his early days in Memphis and his desire to be a serious actor to his tragic death and an army of imitators, few have had the same impact on music, pop culture and the world. Film clips, rare photos, interviews and more combine to paint a complete picture of rock 'n' roll's undisputed monarch. Features interviews with Dick Clark, Johnny Cash, Ann-Margret, Kenny Rogers and many more. 16 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Elvis: The Great Performances: Boxed Set [DVD] DVD "The King" lives on in this hit-filled three-part series that traces the career of rock and roll's first and greatest superstar. Vintage early TV appearances, songs from Elvis' hit films, concert footage and rare home movies are combined to span his 20-year-plus legacy. Volumes one and two are narrated by Elvis' lifelong friend, George Klein, while U2 lead singer Bono hosts volume three. Songs include "Money Honey," "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't Be Cruel," "Return to Sender," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Too Much," and many more. 117 min. total. NOTE: Individual volumes available separately for $19.99 each. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; discography; filmography; trivia.
Elvis: The King In Hollywood [DVD] DVD Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready for movies of Elvis, you know. This overview of the films of Elvis Presley features film clips, trivia, live performances & more as it shows some of the high and low points of the cinematic career of "the King." 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English, Spanish.
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Elvis Presley’s Videos & DVDs - Complete List
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