Rosa Garcia Mora

“Elvis a Humanitarian” Tuesday, February 4, 1958. Elvis was on the set of King Creole with a small fan on the Paramount set. The little boy would appear with Elvis in the cover photo of Paul Belard’s book “Elvis a…

Elvis And Photographer William Speer (1955) In the 1950s, William Speer ran a photography studio in Memphis. His specialty was glamorous black and white photography, featuring a variety of light and shadows.  In his photographs, Speer tended to avoid, whenever…

Elvis and Fashion Elvis was different in every way. His originality and innovation in every aspect of his life were his hallmark, and of course, so was his way of dressing. The King challenged all fashion norms during the 1950s.…

Elvis in Las Vegas 1956. The Artist’s Disappoinment The truth is that what happened in Las Vegas in April 1956 was not what Elvis expected a couple of weeks earlier, on April 23, when he made his debut at the…

Elvis in The Army. On the way to Germany After completing his basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Elvis set foot on German soil for the first time as a U.S. Army soldier on October 1, 1958. Elvis had departed…

Elvis at the piano. June 29, 1956. Rehearsals for The Steve Allen Show When Alfred Wertheimer arrived at the midtown Manhattan loft to photograph Elvis’s rehearsal for NBC’s The Steve Allen Show, Elvis was in a corner of the studio,…

Elvis Presley, Russwood Park, Memphis. July 4, 1956 On the evening of July 4, 1956, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black and DJ Fontana were tasked with headlining a charity concert at Russwood Park in Memphis in front of an estimated…

“Elvis Presley: The Iconic 1957 Ottawa Performance That Shook Canada” Presley performed on stage at the Ottawa Auditorium, during the evening show, on April 3, 1957. Elvis arrived in town that same day. At last night’s performance in Toronto, Elvis…

KING CREOLE. DIRECTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY KING CREOLE. DIRECTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY…. Directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The story was adapted from Harold Robbins’ 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher. It was Elvis’ most critically acclaimed…

ELVIS AND SCOTTY’S GUITAR ELVIS AND SCOTTY’S GUITAR … Singer Presents… “Elvis” (usually called “68 Comeback Special”) was the television special that marked the return of Elvis to his audience on television. As you know, it was broadcast on NBC…

ELVIS PRESLEY AND BONANZA By Rosa García Mora Everyone knows the popular television series “Bonanza.” And younger people may have heard of it too. A western set in the American West that aired on NBC from September 12, 1959, to…