LOVE ME TENDER

I am back to do another movie review. In 1956 Elvis made his first movie for Twentieth Century-Fox. The original title for the movie was to be The Reno Brothers. It was later changed to Love Me Tender to capitalize on Elvis's popularity. The movie is set in 1865 at the end of the Civil War. Elvis played the part of Clint Reno, the youngest of four Reno brothers. The brothers had been off fighting in the Civil War and come back home to find out there family had thought they died. The oldest brother Vance comes back to also find the love of his life, Cathy, was now married to Clint. Eventually Clint thinks Vance and Cathy are still in love with each other and gets enraged. He joins up with some guys who are after the brothers because they have some money they confiscated from Union troops. In the end Elvis gets shot and dies. It is the only movie where Elvis's character dies. This movie is not the best, and you can certainly tell Elvis is pretty raw as an actor. I still think this movie is great. The first four movies from the 50's I put in a category all by themselves. Only four songs are sung in this movie. Which was four too many for Elvis's liking though. Anyhow, they are pretty fun songs. Love Me Tender was a number one and would become a classic song. I enjoy watching Elvis perform these number because he moves around much like he would have on stage. That right there is a treat in itself. I have always been drawn to the number Let Me.Overall I would say this is a pretty good effort for Elvis's first acting role. I love Debra Paget, she is beautiful.