Enjoy

I am dead tonight from much activity today. So I have no post so enjoy this video and I will be back tomorrow.

DOLL OF THE WEEK

Stella Stevens played in the movie Girls! Girls! Girls! with Elvis in 1962. I have always thought she was pretty damn hot. Though from what I have heard Elvis and her was not that tight. She appeared in Playboy in 1960, pretty nice, worth looking for!

Finally! Date for release of Elvis and Priscilla Barbie's

The Elvis and Priscilla Barbie's are going to be released at Graceland during EW. You will only be able to get them there and they will be released in stores and such I would say very soon after that. 200 will go on sale August 12 at Graceland for around $70. I am going to be on a tour of the house when the go on sale. Damn my luck! If they still have one you can bet I will have one in my hands as soon as I can get to where they are. I think these look pretty cool and they are going to be limited. So I have to get one.

Vince's Random Song Of The Week

Vince's Flippy Five

1. Suspicious Minds (TTWII)
2. Feels So Right
3. Don't Be Cruel
4. When It Rains It Pours
5. Money Honey

ITS FUN IN ACAPULCO

I have not done anything on any Elvis movies in a long time and feel it is time to post some thoughts and facts about one. I have been watching a lot more Elvis movies than usual the last week or so. Tonight I am going to talk about one of my favorites, Fun In Acapulco. In January of 1963 Elvis would arrive in Hollywood to start filming. The movie was set in Mexico but Elvis filmed all his shots in Hollywood. Another crew went to Mexico to film some of the background shots used in the film. Elvis plays the part of Mike Windgren who is in Mexico working on a boat as a deck hand of sorts. He was part of a circus act with his family and had been involved in an accident that left him shook up pretty bad. He ends up getting fired from his job as a deckhand and is stuck in Mexico. He becomes friends with a young boy names Raoul. Together they work to find Mike work. Mike ends up becoming a lifeguard by day and a entertainer by night. Along the way Mike is of course involved with the ladies. He has two after him. One of them is Dolores, a lady bullfighter. The other is Marguerita, who is played by the beautiful Ursual Andress. Mike is also working on his fear of height's. In the end Mike takes care of this fear by jumping 136 feet off a cliff into water. In the end everything works out, Mike ends up with the girl he wants Margaurita, and along with Raoul they head back to America.

Fun In Acapulco is not the best movie Elvis made, but certainly not the worst. For some reason it has always ranked high with me for as long as I can remember. I think the supporting cast has something to do with it. Larry Domasin plays Raoul Almeido the young boy Elvis befriends. He cracks me up and he plays the part really well. Elsa Cardenas plays the part of Doloras. She is smoking hot and I would love to see more things with here in it even if I can't make out most of what she is saying hardly. Morano, who plays Mike's rival for Margurita's affection, is played by Alejandro Rey who is a good actor. Along with Elvis being pretty good in the movie and a few tunes I really like this movie probably ranks in my top ten or twelve favorite Elvis movies ever.

The soundtrack is either hit or miss for me, but overall I still dig it. See the review I did for the Fun In Acapulco FTD if you have not already. The movie would open on November 27th and by the end of 1963 would do 1.5 Million and reach number 33 for the top grossing films of 1963. That number might not seem that great but considering it was released at the end of November, that is a pretty good number. A few Elvis films from the early 60's got released late in the year and the numbers did not look as good as they actually were. Interesting note that the working titles for the movie had been Holiday In Acapulco and Vacation In Acapulco. I do not think either work as well as Fun In Acapulco.

Below is a video of my favorite number of the film. It is key and Elvis is in top form in this clip. The suit rocks as well, he was still wearing some key clothes in his movies at this point.

IMAGE OF THE WEEK

Edwards top 5

My five favorite Elvis songs of the moment.

1.Love Me
2.You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
3.Polk Salad Annie
4.Pocketful Of Rainbows
5.One Night(Of Sin)

DOLL OF THE WEEK

Deborah Walley is the doll of the week. She appeared in the movie Spinout with Elvis. I have always enjoyed her movies and thought she was pretty cute. She and Elvis became close friends during the filming of their movie despite the face she did not think very much of him when she signed on to appear. She always said Elvis opened her up to a spiritual life. She always had very kind things to say about Elvis and their relationship. Sadly she passed away in 2001 due to cancer.

3000 Miles To Graceland

I just recently watched a movie called 3000 Miles To Graceland. It's a great action flick that stars Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner. This movie is about a gang of guys that rob a casino in Las Vegas during International Elvis Week. This movie has so many Elvis references it's crazy. The soundtrack includes "Trouble" "My Way" "Such A Night" and though it's not sang by Elvis "Money Honey. Since Kurt Russell was in 'It Happened At The World's Fair" with Elvis, they have a couple of references towards the movie such as Kurt Russell getting kicked in the shin like Kurt did to Elvis and Kurt Russell autographing the vinyl copy of the "It Happened At The Worlds Fair" soundtrack. All in all it's a decent movie and pretty fun to watch.

15 days

Fifteen more days until we leave for Memphis. Pretty much everything is set except when we are leaving for sure, maybe Saturday, maybe Sunday. EW can't get here fast enough. I am ready to enjoy Memphis, the Elvis fans, and drop a bunch of cash on Elvis stuff.

Tired

I am dead from the day I spent in hell today. I am drowning myself in Blue Moon and watching Golden Girls in honor of Estelle Getty who passed away today. She was freakin awesome. So I am not in the right mind to do any blog tonight to enjoy the video. I have been blaring this song a lot the last few days.