Mariusz Ogieglo

Jimmy Carter has died… The 39th President of the United States is dead “The death of Elvis Presley robs our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst onto the…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 9) I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell “Wild In The Country”, like its literary prototype before it, touched on several difficult and sometimes even controversial (for its time) topics. One…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 8) By Mariusz Ogieglo Michael John Connolly, a Hollywood columnist writing for The Hollywood Reporter, was given a pass on the set a few weeks later. In his December 7,…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 7) By Mariusz Ogieglo Forget Me Never The day after recording songs for his next film, on November 9, 1960, Elvis, the rest of the cast, and a group of…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 6) By Mariusz Ogieglo Songs for Presley’s films almost always followed the same pattern. Composers and lyricists were sent scripts with a clearly marked place for a song (and sometimes…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 4) The key male roles in the new film’s plot, apart from Elvis, of course, were played by William Mims and Gary Lockwood, among others. The former played the character…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 3) Much more often than Millie Perkins, viewers had the opportunity to see on screen the very young Tuesday Weld (or rather Suasan Ker Weld, because that was her real…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 2) By Mariusz Ogieglo In the summer of 1960, the American press reported that another famous name would join the group of creators of the new film. Clifford Odets. Coming…

WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 1) By Mariusz Ogieglo “What are you thinking about? ” “I’m thinking about dreams I used to have ,” Glenn Tyler, a troubled young writer, tells his therapist, Irene Sperry. The main…

Elvis Presley Radio Station FLAMING STAR– a demanding role for Presley –(Part 8, final) By Mariusz Ogieglo Flamingo Star Filmed in just over forty days, Flaming Star hit American cinemas in December 1960. Its premiere was planned to be released…