King Creole with Elvis Presley: DVD Cover

    King Creole Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/02/2000
    • Original Release: 1958
    • Rating: Not Rated

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    Features

    Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 surround; English mono; English subtitles; Interactive menus; Scene selection; Theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Side #1
    0. Scene Selection
    1. "Turtle, Berries And Gumbo"/Main Title [:07]
    2. "Crawfish" [2:14]
    3. Graduation Day [2:23]
    4. Gilded Cage [2:30]
    5. "Steadfast Loyal and True" [1:56]
    6. Broken Bottles [1:26]
    7. Cab Ride To School [1:09]
    8. Principal's Office [2:21]
    9. Shark [3:14]
    10. Making A Buck [1:48]
    11. The Five And Dime Job [3:32]
    12. "Lover Doll" [:50]
    13. Pharmacy [3:15]
    14. Maxie Fields [1:12]
    15. "Trouble" [3:06]
    16. Dummy's Share [4:08]
    17. Nellie [1:14]
    18. A Kiss from Ronnie [4:21]
    19. Charlie LeGrand's Offer [1:56]
    20. "Banana" [7:40]
    21. "Dixieland Rock" [1:58]
    22. River Trip [:21]
    23. "Young Dreams" [:46]
    24. The Drug Store Job [2:13]
    25. "New Orleans" [3:12]
    26. Robbing The Druggest [2:21]
    27. "Hard Headed Woman"/"King Creole" [6:51]
    28. "We're all working for Maxie now." [3:19]
    29. "Don't ask me Why" [5:34]
    30. Penance [3:07]
    31. Double-Crossed [10:04]
    32. Alley Fight [3:38]
    33. "Take a Day out of Your Life." [1:56]
    34. The end Of Maxie and Ronnie [3:48]
    35. "As Long As I Have You" [6:41]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Elvis Presley delivers one of his finest early performances in King Creole. Elvis plays a teenager named Danny Fisher, who is forced to drop out of school to help support his ineffective father (Dean Jagger). Drawn to trouble like a magnet, Danny is saved from a jail term by New Orleans salloonkeeper Charlie Le Grand (Paul Stewart), who gives the boy a job as a singer. It isn't long, however, before local gang boss Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau), a shadowy figure from Danny's criminal past, puts the muscle on the boy, insisting that Danny sing at his establishment. To lure Danny to his side of the fence, Maxie relies upon the seductive charms of his gun moll Ronnie (Carolyn Jones), while Danny's true love Nellie (Dolores Hart) suffers on the sidelines. In addition to the expected musical numbers (which are cleverly integrated into the storyline), the film's highlight is a brief exchange of fisticuffs between Elvis and Walter Matthau. Together with Jailhouse Rock, King Creole is one of the best filmed examples of the untamed, pre-army Elvis Presley. The picture was adapted from Harold Robbins' novel A Stone for Danny Fisher. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    King Creoleby Anonymous

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    June 30, 2004: King Creole has to be one of the best, if not the best of all the flims that Elvis made. He showed that he not only can sing, but he had the beginnings of some great acting chops, too. The movie was based on a book by Harold Robbins called A Stone For Danny Fisher. The story was modified to showcase Elvis' talent, and it did that in a big way. This was the kind of movie that Elvis wanted to make, but unfortunately, the Colonel didn't agree. He thought that Elvis' fans wanted to just see him sing and gyrate his hips, when all we really wanted was to be able to see him whenever we could. The supporting cast was made up of some Hollywood heavy hitters, and Elvis showed that he could more than hold his own in their company. It's such a shame that he wasn't able to make many more movies that allowed him to shine the way King Creole did.

    King Creoleby Anonymous

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    January 16, 2003: In King Creole, Elvis demonstrates his excellent acting qualities. With a supporting cast of such notables as Walter Matthau and Carolyn Jones, I don't believe it is possible to not like this movie. Elvis was only 23 at time King Creole was filmed and his young, good looks allow him to be convincing as a High School student. The story line is great - following in the 1950s ''Rebel without a Cause'' genre. In fact, Elvis was a James Dean fan and it is ironic that he should be stepping in for Dean in this movie. The music of the film fits beautifully with the storyline and is some of Elvis' best. Here Elvis has not been tamed by Hollywood and for those of us who are too young to remember the Elvis of the 1950s, this is a great film to get a sense of his early rebelliousness and controversy. All in all, I feel that King Creole is an excellent film and one that anyone, Elvis fan or not, can appreciate.


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