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Wild In The Country

Blue Hawaii




Wild In The Country

Released June 15th 1961

TCF / Company Of Artists

Directed by Philip Dunne

Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld,
Millie Perkins, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood

Glenn Tyler, a rebellious hillbilly, falls for his probation officer and finds things hotting up when he is involved with three women at the same time.

Millie Perkins was to appear as Elvis' mother in the television series 'Elvis' 30 years later

Songs: Wild In The Country / I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell / In My Way / Husky, Dusky Day
 





Blue Hawaii

Studio title: Hawaii Beach Boy

Released November 21st 1961

Hal B. Wallis

Directed by Norman Taurog

Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Nancy Walters,
Roland Winters, Angela Lansbury, John Archer,
Howard McNear

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. Instead of joining the family business 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. 

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