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"An
Elvis Presley picture is the only sure thing in
Hollywood". Hal Wallis.
Elvis'
Movies
Elvis Presley starred in 31 feature films as an
actor and two theatrically released concert documentary
films, all of which enjoyed financial success.
For a number of years he was one of Hollywood’s
top box office draws and one of its highest-paid
actors. His two most critically acclaimed films,
Jailhouse Rock (1957) and King Creole (1958) have
become classics of their era. His movies and concert
films enjoy a healthy life today in television
syndication and home video sales and rentals.
Some of his top-selling music came from his movies.
Eleven of his movie soundtrack albums went to
the top ten, and of those, four went to number
one. The soundtrack for G.I. Blues (1960), was
number one on the Billboard Top 100 album chart
for 10 weeks and remained on the chart for 111
weeks. The album from Blue Hawaii was number one
for 20 weeks and was on the chart for 79 weeks.
The
Concert Stage
When
Elvis returned to the live stage after the success
of his 1968 television special and the wrap-up
of his Hollywood movie contract obligations, he
opened at the International Hotel in Las Vegas
in the summer of 1969 for a 4-week, 57-show engagement
that broke all existing Las Vegas attendance records.
He returned to the International a few months
later in early 1970, during the slow winter season
in Vegas, and broke his own attendance record.
Right after that came a record-breaking six-show
engagement at the Astrodome in Houston, where
Elvis played to a total of 207,494 people.
Elvis
took his elaborate live show on the road in the
latter part of 1970 for his first concert tour
since 1957. Throughout the 1970’s Elvis
toured America, breaking box office records right
and left, and continued to play an engagement
or two per year in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. Among
the outstanding highlights of this period was
in 1972, when Elvis performed four sold-out shows
at Madison Square Garden. During his "concert
years" from 1969 to 1977, Elvis gave nearly
1,100 concert performances.
Television
Specials
Elvis
Presley’s three network television specials
- Elvis (1968) , Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, via
Satellite (1973), and Elvis in Concert (1977)
- stand among the most highly rated specials of
their time. His 1968 special, Elvis , is one of
the most critically acclaimed music specials of
all time. His 1973 special, Elvis - Aloha from
Hawaii, via Satellite , was seen in 40 countries
by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people and made television
history. It was seen on television in more American
homes than man’s first walk on the moon.
All
About Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley, in the humblest
of circumstances, was born to Vernon and Gladys
Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi
on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon,
was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an
only child. He and his parents moved to Memphis,
Tennessee in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes
High School there in 1953.
His
talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and
good humor endeared him to millions, as did the
humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout
his life. Known the world over by his first name,
he is regarded as one of the most important figures
of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died
at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16,
1977.
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