Wild In The Country Released June 15th 1961 20th Century Fox / Company Of Artists     114 minutes Produced by Jerry Wald Directed by Philip Dunne Music by Kenyon Hopkins Screenplay by Clifford Odets

Story:

The beginning of the movie sees Elvis as Glenn Tyler, a rebellious hillbilly, getting into a fight with his drunken brother and badly injuring him. The subsequent court case results in him being released on probation under the care of his uncle and receiving psychological counselling from Hope Lange as Irene Sperry, where he reveals a talent for writing. He has a hard time living down his reputation as a trouble maker and finds things hotting up when he is involved with three women at the same time. Accused of various misdemeanours, he is eventually proved to be innocent and ultimately ends up going to college to study to become a writer.

Notes:

Working title: 'Lonely Man'. Millie Perkins broke her arm when she had to slap Presley's character. She was to appear as Elvis' mother in the TV series 'Elvis' 30 years later. The songs 'Lonely Man' and 'Forget Me Never' were also recorded but left out of the film. Despite being cut from the film, 'Lonely Man' was actually the first song from the score to be released, on the 'B' side of 'Surrender'. Conversely, 'Husky Dusky Day' was unreleased for years and only appeared on an official record in the 1990s. Based on 'The Lost Country' by J. R. Salamanca.

Songs:

Wild in the Country / I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell / In My Way / Husky, Dusky Day

Blue Hawaii Released November 22nd 1961 (March 62 - January 64 Europe) Hal Wallis Productions / Paramount Pictures   102 minutes Produced by Hal B. Wallis and Paul Nathan Directed by Norman Taurog and Michael D. Moore Music by Joseph J. Lilley Written by Allan Weiss (story) and Hal Kanter (screenwriter)

Cast:

Elvis Presley (Chad Gates), Joan Blackman (Maile Duval), Angela Lansbury (Sarah Lee Gates), Nancy Walters (Abigail Prentice), Roland Winters (Fred Gates), John Archer (Jack Kelman), Howard McNear (Mr. Chapman),
Steve Brodie (Tucker Garvey), Iris Adrian (Enid Garvey), Hilo Hattie (Waihila), Jenny Maxwell (Ellie Corbett), Pamela Austin (Selena "Sandy" Emerson as Pamela Kirk), Darlene Tompkins (Patsy Simon), Christian Kay (Beverly Martin), Lani Kai (Carl Tanami), Jose De Vega (Ernie Gordon), Frank Atienza (Ito O'Hara), Tiki Hanalei (Ping Pong)

Story:

Chad Gates, the son of rich parents who own a pineapple farm, comes home from the army intent on resuming his old life as a beachcomber with his surfboard, his beach buddies and his girlfriend. Instead of joining the family business at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company as planned, he takes a job as a tourist guide and gets lumbered with four precocious schoolgirls and their teacher, much to the dismay of his girlfriend Maile.

Notes:

Studio title: Hawaii Beach Boy
Blue Hawaii was the first of three Elvis films to be shot in Hawaii (Girls! Girls! Girls! and Paradise, Hawaiian Style).
Presley was so pale before shooting that Hal Wallis insisted that he use a tanning lamp to darken his skin.
Much of the film was shot on location at the Coco Palms Resort on the east coast of Kauai, which has been abandoned since hurricane Iniki in 1992.
Angela Lansbury plays the role of Elvis' mother, although she was only nine years older than Elvis.

Songs:

Blue Hawaii / Almost Always True / Aloha-Oe / No More / Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby / Moonlight Swim / Ku-u-i-Po / Ito Eats / Slicin' Sand / Hawaiian Sunset / Beach Boy Blues / Island Of Love /
Hawaiian Wedding Song