Elvis Film by Film Thread

I'm getting mixed views here, because some Elvis sites are advertising both as region free, so i'm trying to find someone in EU or UK reg B user , who has them, and can confirm definately!

Cheers,

Mal UK

 

I can confirm that the Kino discs are region a locked. I have a Panasonic region b player and an old Oppo region a player and the discs won't play on the Panasonic.

 

Ah' OK, thats a shame, I'll have to get a region A player one day!...thanks for your trouble!

Mal...

 

this thread keeps threatening to come alive then dies....we're still on King Creole?

 

Jailhouse Rock color version.
Is there a official version?

 

There was a colorized version of it. It came in the early 90's I think but it has never been released on dvd officially, only VHS.

 

Sacrilege!

 

I haven't seen it in over 20 years but I think this is it. I have read that it was very expensive to colorize and that some of the colors were unknown.

 

Looks beautiful to me

 

Baby I Don't Care ".

 

That's a pretty good colorization. I would like to see the big title song production number in color.

 

Baby Your So Square"

 

For me Elvis's best movie is Roustabout with Barbara Stanwyck. Plus, any movie with Mr Haney from Green Acres in it is A-OK with me!!

In all seriousness tho, the soundtrack from this movie is fantastic and one my favorite Elvis platters.

 

that was a good one, you could tell elvis was trying...... you can ell when he takes the film seriously when the smirking is at a minimum. It Happened at the World Fair is pretty good. One Broken Heart For Sale one of his underrated film songs

 

Yes, he did, and the reason was because of Barbara Stanwyck. People at Paramount who were close to Elvis gave him a heads up, that when youre working with Barbara Stanwyck, you know your lines cold and you dont mess around.
She had a reputation as a True professional , a super hard worker, and didnt tolerate actors who didnt take things as seriously as she did.
Elvis, as it turned out, had a ton of respect for her and took the movie seriously and did a very good job.
Stanwyck did this movie just before she signed on to do "The Big Valley" TV series, which she was GREAT in.

The Roustabout soundtrack reached Number One on the Billboard Albums chart in 1964. A terrific soundtrack, one of my favorites.