#Elvis musicals

[hollywoodcomet]

Musical Monday: Kid Galahad (1962)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Kid Galahad – Musical #725 Studio: United Artists Director: Phil Karlson Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Gig Young,…

[vintage-tigre]

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)

[lostl1sbons1ster]

[lustnhim]

dilf vibes elvis 𐙚˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩

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[lacemyribbons]

“I am a passenger in my mind, lost in melodies that turn the mundane into a vivid soundtrack of wild adventures.”

[monajoon16]

1970s Elvis is my soulmate

[ladelinee]

THIS MOMENT 😱❤️❤️❤️

[k-wame]

JACOB ELORDI as Elvis Presley 'Priscilla' (2023) wrt./dir. Sofia Coppola

[globalriseofblackpeople]

Black history

[jstor]

On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley made history with his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. With over 60 million people tuning in, or 82.6% of all TV viewers at the time, this performance marked a cultural moment that cemented Elvis as a rising star.

Singing hits like "Don't Be Cruel" and "Love Me Tender," Elvis brought his signature charisma to living rooms across America, despite initial controversies over his hip-shaking dance moves. Drawing from Black musical traditions like rhythm and blues, his style reshaped American music. This night became the most-watched broadcast of the 1950s and changed the course of music history forever.

Curious to know more about how television shaped the music scene before MTV? Check out "Way before MTV, Music Ruled the Living Room" from JSTOR Daily.

Image: Dahl, Jr., K. Vinje. Elvis. 1956. Lawrence University.

[usnatarchives]

Elvis Presley arrives unannounced at the gate of the White House.  He is there to see President Nixon and he is ready to sign up as a federal agent to combat drugs.  It’s December 21, 1970.

What happens next?  A Nixon Aide took these notes:

“The meeting opened with pictures taken of the President and Elvis Presley. Presley immediately began showing the President his law enforcement paraphernalia including badges from police departments in California, Colorado and Tennessee… The President mentioned that he thought Presley could reach young people, and that it was important for Presley to retain his credibility.  Presley responded that he did his thing by ‘just singing.’  He said that he could not get to the kids if he made a speech on the stage, that he had to reach them in his own way.  The President nodded in agreement… Presley indicated to the President in an very emotional manner that he was ‘on your side.’”  Read More

No video was taken of the President meeting The King, but here’s a sequence put together from the White House contact sheets. 

From the Nixon Library - Elvis in the Oval Office

The image of the President and Presley shaking hands is the most requested image in the holdings of the National Archives. Source: research.archives.gov

[designfiend]

International Times (February 1970)

it's interesting to see this 53 years later

[thelonelyheart]

the way i’d jump off of 15 bridges, run into a lions den, climb mt everest twice with no gear, swim down to the crashed titanic, and sky dive into a pile of thorns just for this

[presley4president]

Me core:

[lustnhim]

elvis with fans (8-12-69) 𐙚˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩

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