ELVIS AND HIS HOUND DOG BICYCLE It was (and still is) very common for employers/actors to use a bicycle when moving around the film studio complex. And a star was often presented with a custom bike. Elvis was given his…
ELVIS PRESLEY – APRIL 18, 1972 “…Elvis Presley still has the ability to surprise his audience. His hair is now elegantly long, her style is a little more toned down, but her ability to relate to an audience remains unchanged. …
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF ELVIS PRESLEY Robert Call was there, ready with his camera as the car pulled up to the gates of Graceland in Memphis. People were shouting ‘Elvis’ ‘Elvis’, the King of Rock’n’Roll smiled and waved to Call’s…
WILD IN THE COUNTRY– Elvis Presley’s Last Dramatic Role –(Part 5) In My Way The more often Elvis assured the public that he did not intend to sing in his films and wanted to become a serious actor, the sooner…
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…
CHARITY Sonny West: “…nothing touched me more than when Elvis bought a wheelchair for a poor old black woman who lived near Humes High School. Marty Lacker read a story about her in the newspaper. He had no legs from the…
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…
The rise and fall of the king of rock ‘n’ roll in new Netflix documentary “I’ve been fascinated by this guy my whole life because I realize that underneath this two-dimensional facade that we see culturally, there’s a human being.…
THE BURBANK BROTHEL, 1968 On January 18, 1968, ‘Variety‘ magazine announced the news of Elvis Presley’s first television special. A few days before this announcement, Presley was in the recording studio finishing up the film ‘Stay Away Joe‘ and recording…
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…
ELVIS, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 1970 Two days after his ‘closing night’ in Las Vegas, Elvis leaves for a short tour in September 1970. Full of confidence, Presley kicks off the tour in Phoenix, Arizona; the next show is in St. Louis,…
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…
