ELVIS WEEKEND ANNOUNCED!
The Picture Show will present an ELVIS PRESLEY weekend in January!
See KING CREOLE on January 6 and JAILHOUSE ROCK on January 7. $5 at the door. For the $25 Dinner and a Movie package, call The American Hotel for reservations at 631-725-3535. The American Hotel offer goes away beginning in February so take advantage of this package while it is still available in January!
KING CREOLE (1958)
Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
Source: IMDB; written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Writing credits
Herbert Baker (screenplay)
Michael V. Gazzo (screenplay)
Harold Robbins (novel "A Stone for Danny Fisher")
Cast (in credits order)
Elvis Presley ... Danny Fisher
Carolyn Jones ... Ronnie
Walter Matthau ... Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart ... Nellie
Dean Jagger ... Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi ... Forty Nina
Vic Morrow ... Shark
Paul Stewart ... Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard ... Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton ... Sal (as Brian Hutton)
Jack Grinnage ... Dummy
Dick Winslow ... Eddie Burton
Raymond Bailey ... Mr. Evans - School Principal
Gavin Gordon ... Mr. Primont - Druggist
Produced by
Paul Nathan .... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis .... producer
Original Music by
Walter Scharf
Cinematography by
Russell Harlan (director of photography)
Costume Design by
Edith Head
JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
starring ELVIS PRESLEY
Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Everett takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon becomes an overnight sensation. But when he becomes a superstar, will his desire for fame and money cause him to forget the people who got him there? Source: IMDB Written by <jgp3553@excite.com>
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Writing credits
Guy Trosper (screenplay)
Nedrick Young (story)
Cast (in credits order)
Elvis Presley ... Vince Everett
Judy Tyler ... Peggy Van Alden
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Hunk Houghton
Vaughn Taylor ... Mr. Shores
Jennifer Holden ... Sherry Wilson
Dean Jones ... Teddy Talbot
Anne Neyland ... Laury Jackson
Produced by
Pandro S. Berman .... producer
Kathryn Hereford .... ....associate producer
Original Music by
Jeff Alexander
Cinematography by
Robert J. Bronner (director of photography)
Posted: October 28, 2011
