GI BLUES
EDITED AUGUST 17, 1960
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
ELVIS’S FIRST FILM AFTER MILITARY SERVICE
ELVIS PRESLEY as Tulsa McLean
JULIET PROWSE as Lili
ROBERT IVERS as Cookie
JAMES DOUGLAS as Rick
LETÍCIA ROMÁN as Tina
SIGRID MAIER as Marla
ARCH JOHNSON as McGraw
KEN BECKER as Mac
CARL CROW como Walt
BEACH DICKERSON as Warren
TRENT DOLAN as Mickey
FRED ESSIER as Pope Mueller
NORMAN TAUROG in Management
HAL B. WALLIS in Production
EDMUND BELOIN, HARRY GARSON in the Screenplay
JOSEPH J. LILLEY in Music
LOYAL GRIGGS in Photography
Genre: Romantic comedy
Duration: 104 minutes
Premiere in the US: August 18, 1960
INFORMATION
In his first appearance on the big screen after his military service, Elvis plays the role of soldier Tulsa Mclean, stationed at a US military base in German lands. Determined to open a nightclub after his time in the army, he is forced to take part in a bet to get the money he needs, which consists of melting the ice heart of an attractive dancer (role played by Juliet Prowse) . What the young soldier doesn’t count on is that what begins as a bet will end up becoming love.
GI Blues marked the second collaboration of the king of rock with producer Hal B. Wallis, in a film that took advantage of Elvis’s career as a soldier stationed in Germany for two years to set the story on a military base in German lands. The film, which began a formula that would become a box office success throughout the 1960s for Elvis (the romantic musical comedy), obtained succulent dividends at the box office in the same way as its soundtrack, would become one of the best sellers of our idol’s film career.
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