Commentary by elvis historian, elvis hits hollywood, the king and the colonel, love me tender. Elvis, however, is not the star of the proceedings. While elviss fans no doubt loved them, however, the shaking shoulders and swiveling hips as elvis sang the other three numbers we gonna move, let me, poor boy seem ridiculous in a film set in 1865. Texan elvis presley marries brothers richard egan girlfriend debra paget circa civil war. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. King who named a 1982 album after it, nana mouskouri, and amy grant. In fact the original title was in fact the brothers reno. Love me tender, let me, poor boy, and were gonna move. Elvis love me tender w the royal philharmonic orchestra duration.
In this 1957 boxoffice hit thats elvis presleys best film according to leonard maltins movie guide, the king plays vince everett. Elvis movie posters original elvis presley posters. Theres no sign of elvis at all during the first two reels, some eighteen minutes, and then continues focusing mainly on. Elvis and his love songs had remained an unexplored area of elvis remarkable career. Love me tender appeared on 11 chart albums by presley between 1958 and 1992. Love me tender, performed on the porch of the reno ranch house, somewhat fits the time period. Love me tender is the film debut of elvis presley and an american black and white motion picture directed by robert d. The same can be said for his many other songs of romance. It was featured in a slipcase, and included a set of 4 lobby card reproductions. Elvis presley love me tender movie set photos elvis presley music. Elvis presley love me tender 1956 official video youtube. Narrated by ashley judd, love me tender is elvis as youve never seen him.
Love me tender, love me sweet never let me go you have made my life complete and i love you so love me tender, love me true all my dreams fulfilled for my darling i. Elvis presley colorized dvds, jailhouse rock and love me tender. In the summer of 2006, the film was released on dvd in a special 50th anniversary issue. See more ideas about elvis presley, elvis presley movies and elvis love me tender. This is the first dvd release of an elvis movie to include some significant bonus material. Elvis presley love me tender from the 1956 movie, love me. Love me tender 1956 confederate soldiers led by vance reno richard egan rob a union train of its payroll money.
Elvis presley love me tender presleymatson 44 72 bpm. Elvis presley love me tender movie trailer youtube. The film, named after the song, stars richard egan, debra paget, and elvis. Some people have claimed that hal wallis hinted that elvis faithful backup musicians, scotty moore, bill black, and d. Love me tender was not written with elvis in mind, but rather had been in development for some time as the reno brothers and the result is a frequently awkward movie somewhat but not fullycommitted as an elvis vehicle. Love me tender 1956 elvis presley movie vintage sheet music. Contrast has been dialed in perfectly for a reference quality black and white transfer. Love me tender is an ep by elvis presley, containing the four songs from the motion picture of the same name. The birth and boom of the elvis hit, lobby cards, still gallery. With the premiere of love me tender, elvis had now also arived in hollywood, and he had arived with a big bang. Zanuck signed him for his feature film debut the story had to. Elvis seemed to be all over the place at the same time either in the flesh or in a cardboard version. Love me tender 1956 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Elvis movies a list of 31 titles created 11 feb 2019 elvis presley a list of 31 titles created 18 aug 2017 elvis presley movies a list of 31 titles. On november 15, 1956, love me tender, featuring the singer elvis presley in his bigscreen debut, premieres in new york city at the paramount theater. Augustin, germany the verse you talk about, calum, is the so called end title version. The long line of elvis presley films, after the handful of early encouraging entries, were soon to become not classics, or even respectable. Webb, and released by 20th century fox on november 15, 1956. The story concerns three brothersegan, william campbell and james drurywho steal a union payroll on behalf of the confederacy, only to discover that. Choose from love me tender sheet music for such popular songs as love me tender, love me tender bb instrument, and love me tender eb instrument. Elvis presley 10movie collection dvd jailhouse rock viva las vegas elvis on tour clambake follow that dream kid galahad love me tender wild in the country flaming star 4. Webb mit elvis presley, richard egan, debra paget, james drury. Love me tender cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Elvis presley performs the hit song love me tender in his very first classic motion picture of the same title love me tender.
Here, he and costar debra paget take a break from filming love me tender in 1956 to pet some calves from the set. This new footage created a continuity error, as elvis had dyed his hair black by the time of the additional shooting, whilst in the movie his hair color was closer to blonde. Elvis presley performed love me tender on the ed sullivan show on september 9, 1956, shortly before the singles release and about a month before the movie, love me tender, was released for which the reworded song had been written. Sheet music love me tender from the film love me tender elvis presley condition. The film was released in japan and has japanese subtitles showing at all times. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Although elvis had begun shooting love me tender with high hopes for a great career in film, it was with precious few exceptions to be only the first in a long chain of screen disappointments for him. Presley plays clint reno, the youngest of the four reno brothers, who stays home to take care of his mother and the family farm as. After that, rca received more than a million advance orders, making it a gold record before it was even released. At the end of the civil war, a confederate team is ordered to rob a union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their union loot, until the feds come looking for it. The colorized version of love me tender been released on bootleg dvd. The film, named after the song, stars richard egan, debra paget, and elvis presley. Elvis presley made his motion picture debut in the civil war drama love me tender. Webb, released by 20th century fox on november 15, 1956.
Great to see elvis in his debut film and him singing were gonna move, love me tender, let me, poor boy, love me tender end title i feel it is slow in parts but not a bad movie. Other artists putting it on chart lps over the years include ray conniff, duane eddy, mick ronson, merle haggard, frank sinatra, b. In elvis presleys first film, he appears in the secondary role of clint reno. It was simultaneously certified gold and platinum by the recording industry association of america on march 27, 1992. No expenses were spared in order to launch elvis moviecareer and further deepen his already meteoric rise to fame in late 1956. But because the civil war officially ended the day before, their theft was not a. Elvis presley the 50 greatest love songs warung komputer. Michelle from anaheim, ca norah jones sang this song, but minus a few verseslines. This the first elvis presley film, features superb sharpness, and a grayscale thats magnificently rendered with strong black levels and pure whites. Love me tender 1956 elvis presley movie vintage sheet. Elvis presley love me tender lyrics by computype17. Breaks intro d verse 1 d e7 a7 d love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.
Love me tender death scene and song elvis presley love. Elvis presley love me tender from the 1956 movie, love me tender. This was the only time in his acting career that elvis received second billing. Love me tender has only four musical numbers, but the song love me tender was such a big hit for elvis that no one seemed to notice how few songs were in the movie. Love me tender 1956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. On the following day, rca received 1 million advance orders, making it a gold record before it was even released. Elvis presley performed love me tender on the ed sullivan show on the 9th of september 1956, before the singles release. Now, love me tender the love songs of elvis presley tells the warm story of the tender side of the king of rock and roll. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing love me tender near you. Love me tender is a western drama set immediately after the civil war. Used, light wear, light wrinkling, owner signature upper right spine. Dunnock was nominated twice for the best supporting actress oscar first for death of a salesman 1951. Love me tender ist ein us amerikanischer western aus dem jahr 1956.
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