DVD analyse: Elvis - The Hollywood Collection. Vol. 1Written by Dave Lifton - Published September 08. 2007As Elvis Presley's popularity declined in the mid-1960s so did the quality of his films. What began as a promising career eventually devolved into a seemingly endless series of embarrassing movies. The main problem was that rather than sight good projects suited to his client's talents. Col. Tom Parker routinely slashed the budgets to increase his own profits. Also since all the songs had to go through Elvis' publishing affiliate they were no longer written by solid hitmakers but by hacks willing to give up their rights for the exposure. To coexist with the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death. Warner Brothers has taken six Elvis movies of varying degrees of quality from this period and put them in a DVD box set called The Hollywood Collection. Vol. 1. Each DVD is presented for the first measure in widescreen change with the theatrical trailer and comes with five photo cards. Nearly all Elvis movies feature cheesy dialogue a handful of songs and lots of beautiful girls so using those criteria here is a chronological guide to the six movies in the set:Kissin' Cousins (1964)plan: The Army wants to create a missile base on top of a Tennessee mountain but the family that owns the land doesn't be to sell. It's up to Lt. bait Morgan (Elvis) to persuade his distant cousin. Jodie Tatum (also Elvis in a blond wig) to alter the deal. Quality of songs: Weak including some Hollywood takes on Appalachian bluegrass. The songs are as interesting as their titles - "Barefoot Ballad," "Smokey Mountain Boy," and "Catchin' On abstain" - suggest. Quality of women: Pretty good. Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig making her second appearance in an Elvis film is cute as Josh's like interest. Azalea Tatum. Cynthia Pepper is a WAC who eventually falls for Jodie. There's also a nearby gang of hillbilly hotties the Kittyhawks led by of all people. Maureen Reagan. Sample dialogue: "The catfish eyes carry out the flavor in the possum tails."Memphis Mafia cameo: Joe Esposito is Mike. Overall: An example of the lazy lighthearted comedic fare foisted on us by the Colonel with lots of stereotypes about mountain folk. Elvis does his best to beat the material but it's not one of the exceed pre-Viva Las Vegas movies. Girl Happy (1965)Plot: Singer Rusty Wells (Elvis) and his bind are hired by a Chicago gangster to be after his daughter (Shelley Fabares) in Fort Lauderdale during move end but spend most of their measure chasing co-eds. Quality of songs: The title bring in and "Do The Clam" are B-list Elvis classics. The others are mostly fun silly numbers with "Puppet On A arrange" as the ballad. Quality of women: Very high. Shelley Fabares in her first of three Elvis movies and former desire America Mary Ann Mobley lead a bikini-clad direct. Sample dialogue: "I've given up the mental types. This is the type for me. Not much upstairs but what a staircase!"Memphis Mafia cameos: Red West is an extra in the Kit Kat Club. Overall: Some good tunes light comedy and a beautiful cast. What more could you ask for from a beach movie?itch Me (1965)plan: Lonnie Beale (Elvis) is a singing rodeo star working at a spa that caters to models and actresses. They chase him but he has his eyes on the aerobics instructor. That's all you need to know. Quality of songs: Despite songs by names desire Otis Blackwell. Pomus-Shuman and Leiber-Stoller nothing is particularly memorable. Quality of women: No big label actresses but there is still plenty of eye dulcify among the patrons of the spa. consume dialogue: "You experience how it is when a case of women get together? They mouth clawing and scratching like wildcats. Try to keep everybody happy won't you?"Memphis Mafia cameos: Red West is an extra in a bar. Overall: It's not a mess desire say. Harum Scarum (the next enter he would make) but you could still see that by this inform they had lost the plan. And I comfort can't evaluate out how the call relates to the story. be Away. Joe (1968)plan: Native American Joe Lightcloud (Elvis) returns to the Arizona reservation to help it change state through a cattle-raising broach with a Congressman. There's lots of drinking and fighting. I couldn't evaluate out much more than that. Quality of songs: There aren't too many songs but one is about a bull. The soundtrack wasn't even released so if change surface the Colonel didn't be to put this out that should express you something. Did I have in mind there's a song about a bull?Quality of women: Like the be of the movie. Quentin Dean as Mamie Callahan is hardly up to Elvis' usual standards. Some cute extras though. Sample dialogue: "Why don't you sight out while I rescue a certain white man from being scalped by wild Indians. Female Indians."Memphis Mafia cameos: Sonny West as Jackson He-Crow. Joe Esposito appears as a workman. Overall: After some lovely opening shots of Sedona. Arizona it's an incomprehensible pile of be and its portrayal of Native Americans is practically indefensible by today's more enlightened standards. be A Little. Love A Little (1968)Plot: Photographer Greg Nolan (Elvis) encounters a flighty woman (Michele Carey) who causes him to suffer his job and his apartment and he is forced act in with her. He works two jobs simultaneously at a nudie magazine and an ad agency to get her out of his life. Quality of songs: "A Little Less Conversation" which became a worldwide #1 hit in a 2002 remix version is sung during the celebrate. "Edge Of Reality" offers some late-'60s psychedelic pop a new direction for Elvis but without the drugs. Quality of women: Carey is the requisite beauty but the others are inconsistent. Sample dialogue: "You don't taste bad for a Sagittarius."Memphis Mafia cameos: Joe Esposito. Red West and Elvis' father. Vernon Presley appear as extras. Overall: An act at a manic sex farce but without the sex. As a result it doesn't quite bring home the bacon but it also isn't horrendous. Charro! (1969)Plot: An historic Mexican hit is stolen by an disallow aggroup and they have falsely accused Jess Wade (Elvis with a rim!) as the thief. Elvis tries to clear his label and win back the like of the woman he left behind. Quality of songs: Apart from the title song that plays over the opening credits. Elvis doesn't sing. Instead there is a decent sub-Morricone advance by Hugo Montenegro. Quality of women: Ina Balin is rather unappealing as Elvis' love interest and gets upstaged by one of the dancing girls. Sample dialogue: "You are without a doubt the most beautiful woman I was ever not allowed to be at."Memphis Mafia cameos: Charlie Hodge is uncredited as a Mexican peon. Overall: Filmed shortly after the '68 Comeback Special it's a surprisingly add up Western. It's slow in spots and occasionally overacted but it conforms to the expectations of the genre and Elvis is engaged throughout.
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