ELVIS PRESLEY

2022 - 8 - 7

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Barbara Eden Recalls Elvis Presley Asking Her About Marriage and ... (PEOPLE.com)

Barbara Eden shared her memories of working with Elvis Presley — and him telling her about Priscilla — during a panel at Christmas Con.

And I said, 'Well, you know, if the two of you are a team, you'll be fine.'" "He said, 'How do you have a marriage in Hollywood? How do you do this will all the stuff going on?'" Eden shared. "He didn't get the girl and he died — and he was fabulous! I think it was the only film he did that he got really good reviews for his acting and he didn't sing a song. And in between shots, when they were fixing the lights and everything, he'd get his guitar out and he'd sing. … His fans hated it, but the critics loved it, and he was a joy to work with."

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Elvis' final days: Fiancée Ginger describes their heartbreaking last ... (Fortnite)

ELVIS PRESLEY'S fiancée Ginger Alden was with him in the final 24 hours before he died and was the last person to speak to him.

He was ready to go back on stage, something he loved with all of his being. I’ve been 60% happy and 40% happy, but never 100%. I’ve loved before but I’ve never been in love. The King started seeing Ginger in 1976 and soon after asked her not to see anyone else. But this is not the truth according to Ginger, who was there in his final months by his side. She had never bonded with them like previous girlfriend Linda Thompson. But Vernon spoke later about how deeply in love his son was with the former beauty queen. She described a man very different from the popular image of a tragic recluse, filled with plans for the future who had "never felt so happy in his life."

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Body found on Elvis Presley Boulevard, police say cause of death ... (Action News 5)

Memphis police responded to a “man-down” call Sunday evening at the intersection of East Brooks Road and Elvis Presley Boulevard, where a man's body was ...

The cause of death is undetermined at this time. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis police responded to a “man-down” call Sunday evening at the intersection of East Brooks Road and Elvis Presley Boulevard, where a man’s body was found lying on the ground in front of a public bench. Body found on Elvis Presley Boulevard, police say cause of death unknown

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When Elvis met 'Jeannie': Barbara Eden on working with the King ... (The Commercial Appeal)

Eden will discuss her experiences working with the King during an Elvis Week event. The "I Dream of Jeannie" star described Elvis as "a very fine actor" and "a ...

For one thing, Eden was married, to actor Michael Ansara, and Elvis was "a huge fan of my husband," Eden said. And he set up a table on one of our soundstages with Elvis memorabilia for sale, and we got a giggle out of that." More significant, the 20th Century Fox production arrived in theaters only one month after Elvis' first post-Army release, "G.I. Blues," a colorful, tune-filled, upbeat romantic comedy that was a huge hit for Paramount. The contrast was stark, and the lesson reductive: When making an Elvis movie, stick to the formula. In 2008, one of the Warhol Presley portraits sold in auction to a private owner for $100 million. He was kind enough to send her an autographed picture, and by the way, she still has it by her bed." Born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona, Eden was a beauty pageant winner (the Miss San Francisco of 1951), chorus girl, club dancer and stage actor before she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in the twilight of the so-called "studio era" of filmmaking. In 1965, Elvis worked with Ansara in Presley's 19th feature, "Harum Scarum." (Eden and Ansara divorced in 1974; she's been married since 1991 to Jon Eicholtz, an architectural engineer.) Obviously, "Flaming Star" offers much grimmer Presley fare than the likes of "Girl Happy" and "Fun in Acapulco," while also offering only two songs: the title theme, and the brief "A Cane and a High Starched Collar," which Elvis performs during a party scene. Pacer is accused of being a "godless savage" by the white settlers who don't trust him, while his brother Clint (Steve Forrest) is said to be "the only real white man in the family." "He had good manners," Eden said of Elvis. "He was a gentleman. The session will make for a busy Aug. 15 for Elvis fans: At 8:30 that evening, the gates of Graceland open for the annual candlelight vigil, during which hundreds of people will make a pilgrimage to Elvis' grave in recognition of the singer's death on Aug. 16, 1977. Set in 1878, the movie is no escapist musical love story but an almost song-less Western about racism and identity from Don Siegel, the director revered by cinephiles for such movies as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Dirty Harry."

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Elvis Presley: Glen Campbell's iconic film role that was originally ... (Fortnite)

ELVIS PRESLEY starred in many movies, but turned down an Oscar-winning classic opposite a Hollywood legend that saw Glen Campbell take the role instead.

Billy said on his son Danny’s YouTube channel Memphis Mafia Kid: “Of course, it was always carried through Colonel and at that time when he was asking, Elvis was such a big star. Elvis was the original choice for playing Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, However, by the late 1960s, The King was taking a break from movies to focus on rebooting his live music career following the success of his 1968 Comeback Special. Glen Campbell, who died five years ago today, was a contemporary of Elvis Presley and befriended The King when he helped record the soundtrack for 1964’s Viva Las Vegas. He once said: “Elvis and I were brought up the same humble way – picking cotton and looking at the south end of a north-bound mule.” It’s hardly surprising then, that when The King turned down a Western movie role, the producers went with Campbell instead.

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