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Girls! Girls! Girls!
Released November 21st 1962 (January 1963 -
May 1964 Europe)
Hal Wallis Productions / Paramount Pictures 106
minutes
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Directed by Norman
Taurog
Music by Joseph J. Lilley
Written by Allan Weiss (story) and with Edward Anhalt (screenplay)
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Cast:
Elvis
Presley (Ross Carpenter), Stella Stevens (Robin Gantner), Jeremy Slate (Wesley
Johnson), Laurel Goodwin (Laurel Dodge), Benson Fong (Kin Yung), Robert
Strauss (Sam - owner of the Pirate's Den), Guy Lee (Chen Yung), Frank Puglia
(Papa Stavros), Lili Valenty (Mama Stavros - as Lily Valenty), Beulah Quo
(Madam Yung), Ginny Tiu (Mai Ling), Elizabeth Tiu (Tai Ling), Alexander
Tiu (Mai Ling's brother).
Story:
Elvis Presley plays Ross
Carpenter, a struggling fishing guide whose father had to sell their boat,
the 'West Wind' which they built together and which he still operates.
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he tries to find a
way to buy it back. Ross is caught in a love triangle with two women:
insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel. When Wesley Johnson, the
boat's owner, makes a play for Laurel, Ross hits him and loses his chance
of getting the boat. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be and
Ross has to choose between them...
Notes:
Working titles included 'A Girl in Every Port', 'Welcome Aboard'
and 'Gumbo Ya-Ya'. Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical at the
1963 Golden Globes Awards (the only Elvis film to receive a Golden Globe
nomination). Elvis received a 2nd place Laurel Award for Best Male Performance
in a Musical for his role in this movie. In a scene outside the Pirates
Den, two movie posters can be seen featuring Blue Hawaii. Elvis performs
his only tango song, 'The Walls Have Ears', in this movie.
Songs:
Girls!
Girls! Girls! / I Don't Wanna Be Tied / We'll Be Together / A Boy Like
Me A Girl Like You / Earth Boy / Return To Sender / Because Of Love /
Thanks To The Rolling Sea / Song Of The Shrimp / The Walls Have Ears /
We're Coming In Loaded / Dainty Little Moonbeams / Never Let Me Go / The
Nearness Of You / Baby Baby Baby
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