Love Me Tender premiered in Portugal on August 8, 1956 at the Politeama theater
Vance - Richard Egan
Cathy Debra Paget
Clint - Elvis Presley
Producer - Davis Weisbart
Director - Robert D. Webb
SONGS: Love Me Tender - Let Me - Poor Boy - We're Gonna Move.
Clint is the youngest of four brothers pursued by Union troops after the Civil War. This is the only movie in which he dies on screen.
LOVING YOU
Paramount - 1957
Loving You premiered in Portugal on November 28, 1957 at the São theater
Deke Rivers - Elvis Presley
Glenda Markle - Lizabeth Scott
Susan Jessup - Dolores Hart
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Hal Kanter
SONGS: Got A Lot O' Living To Do - Hot Dog - Lonesome Cowboy - Loving You - Mean Woman Blues - Party - Teddy Bear.
Deke is a country boy who sings his way to fame and fortune.
JAILHOUSE ROCK
MGM - 1957
Jailhouse Rock premiered in Portugal on July 29, 1958 at the Alvalade theater
Vince Everett - Elvis Presley
Peggy Van Alden - Judy Tyler
Hunk Houghton - Mickey Shaughnessy
Producer - Pandro S. Berman
Director - Richard Thorpe
SONGS: Baby I Don't Care - Don't Leave Me Now - I Wanna Be Free - Jailhouse Rock - Treat Me Nice - Young And Beautiful.
As an ex-con with a chip on his shoulder, Vince gains fame by singing but loses his soul because he is so greedy. A career-threatening accident brings him to his senses.
KING CREOLE
Paramount - 1958
King Creola premiered in Portugal on June 10, 1959 at the Império theater
Danny Fisher - Elvis Presley
Ronnie - Carolyn Jones
Nellie - Dolores Hart
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Michael Curtiz
SONGS: As Long As I Have You - Crawfish - Dixieland Rock - Don't Ask Me Why - Hard Headed Woman - King Creole - Lover Doll - New Orleans - Steadfast Loyal And True - Trouble - Young Dreams.
Sauntering the mean streets of New Orleans, Danny battles hoods, meets a hooker with a heart of gold, and winds up with a woman of virtue.
G.I. BLUES
Paramount - 1960
G.I. Blues premiered in Portugal on March 3, 1961 at the Condes theater
Tulsa McLean - Elvis Presley
Lili - Juliet Prowse
Cooky - Robert Ivers
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: Big Boots - Blue Suede Shoes - Didja Ever - Doin' The Best I Can - Frankfurt Special - G.I. Blues - Pocketful Of Rainbows - Shoppin' Around - Tonight Is So Right For Love - What's She Really Like - Wooden Heart.
Tulsa is a khaki-clad lothario who bets his buddies he can bed the showgirl with the five-foot-long legs. He wins her by earnestly diapering a baby.
FLAMING STAR
20th Century Fox - 1960
Flaming Star premiered in Portugal on July 1, 1961 at the Politeama theater
Pacer - Elvis Presley
Roslyn Pierce - Barbara Eden
Clint - Steve Forrest
Producer - David Weisbart
Director - Don Siegel
SONGS: A Cane And A High Starched Collar - Flaming Star.
Pacer is a half-breed in the middle of a small-town Texas race war.
WILD IN THE COUNTRY
20th Century Fox - 1961
Wild In The Country premiered in Portugal on May 3, 1962 at the Politeama theater
Glenn - Elvis Presley
Irene - Hope Lange
Noreen - Tuesday Weld
Producer - Jerry Wald
Director - Philip Dunne
SONGS: In My Way - I Slipped I Stumbled I Fell - Lonely Man - Wild In The Country.
Glenn is a punk on probation who learns about civilized society from psychiatric social worker Irene. She uncovers his writing talent. His short story is published and he heads off to college.
BLUE HAWAII
Paramount - 1961
Blue Hawaii premiered in Portugal on February 16, 1962 at the Condes theater
Chad Gates - Elvis Presley
Maile Duval - Joan Blackman
Sarah Lee Gates - Angela Lansbury
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: Almost - Always True - Aloha Oe - Beach Boy Blues - Blue Hawaii - Can't Help Falling In Love - Hawaiian Sunset - Hawaiian Wedding Song - Island Of Love - Ito Eats - Ku-U-I-Po - Moonlight Swim - No More - Rock-a-Hula Baby - Slicin' Sand.
Heir to a pineapple fortune, Chad wants to prove he can make it on his own. He chooses a career as a tourist guide. After much parent-son strife, he reconciles with his family by agreeing to do all the travel arrangements for a convention of his father's pineapple employees.
FOLLOW THAT DREAM
United Artists - 1962
Follow That Dream premiered in Portugal on May 16, 1963 at the São Jorge theater
Toby Kwimper - Elvis Presley
Pop Kwimper - Arthur O'Connell
Holly Jones - Anne Helm
Producer - David Weisbart
Director - Gordon Douglas
SONGS: Follow That Dream - I'm Not The Marrying Kind - Sound Advice - What A Wonderful Life.
When their jalopy runs out of gas, Toby and his wacky white-trash relatives decide to homestead in Florida. But a nearby craps game keeps them awake at night. Using judo, Toby routes the gamblers, then does battle against the state welfare system that wants to take his adopted kin away.
KID GALAHAD
United Artists - 1962
Kid Galahad premiered in Portugal on June 10, 1965 at the São Jorge theater
Walter Gulick - Elvis Presley
Willy Grogan - Gig Young
Rose Grogan - Joan Blackman
Producer - David Weisbart
Director - Phil Karlson
SONGS: A Whistling Tune - Home Is Where The Heart Is - I Got Lucky - King Of The Whole Wide World - Riding The Rainbow - This Is Living.
As a guy with a great set of pipes, an iron jaw, and anvil hands, Walter breezes unscathed through the violent and corrupt boxing underworld. He licks the bad guys, wins the big fight, and marries the girl.
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
Paramount - 1962
Girls Girls Girls premiered in Portugal on July 17, 1963 at the Império theater
Ross Carpenter - Elvis Presley
Robin Gantner - Stella Stevens
Laurel Dodge - Laurel Goodwin
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: A Boy Like Me A Girl Like You - Earth Boy - Girls Girls Girls - I Don't Wanna Be Tied - Return To Sender - Song Of The Shrimp - Thanks To The Rolling Sea - The Walls Have Hears - We'll Be Together - We're Coming In Loaded - Where Do You Come From.
Ross saves his charter fishing boat from a rich man who cares nothing about the sea.
IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
MGM - 1963
It Happened At The World's Fair premiered in Portugal on November 5, 1964 at the Condes theater
Mike Edwards - Elvis Presley
Diane Warren - Joan O'Brien
Sue-Lin - Vicky Tiu
Producer - Ted Richmond
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: A World Of Our Own - Beyond The Bend - Cotton Candy Land - Happy Ending - How Would You Like To Be - I'm Falling In Love Tonight - One Broken Heart For Sale - Relax - Take Me To The Fair - They Remind Me Too Much Of You.
A pilot with no money and no plane, Mike hangs out at the Seattle World's Fair, where he falls in love with the nurse at the first-aid station and feeds endless amounts of junk food to an orphaned chinese tyke.
FUN IN ACAPULCO
Paramount - 1963
Fun In Acapulco premiered in Portugal on April 17, 1964 at the Eden theater
Mike Windgren - Elvis Presley
Margareta Dauphine - Ursula Andress
Dolores Gomez - Elsa Cardenas
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Richard Thorpe
SONGS: Bossa Nova Baby - The Bullfighter Was A Lady - El Toro - Fun In Acapulco - Guadalajara - I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here - Marguerita - Mexico - There's No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car - Vino Dinero y Amor.
Mike gets a job as a lifeguard at an Acapulco hotel and finds himself caught between an amorous lady bullfighter and the hotel's social director. He triumphs over acrophobia by jumping off the cliffs of La Quebrada into raging sea.
KISSIN' COUSINS
MGM - 1964
Kissin' Cousins premiered in Portugal on July 26, 1966 at the Alvalade and São Luis theaters
Josh Morgan - Elvis Presley
Jodie Tatum - Elvis Presley
Pappy Tatum - Arthur O'Connell
Producer - Sam Katzman
Director - Gene Nelson
SONGS: Barefoot Ballad - Catchin' On Fast - Kissin' Cousins - Once Is Enough - One Boy Two Little Girls - Smokey Mountain Boy - Tender Feeling - There's Gold In The Mountains.
Elvis into two roles: a blond hillbilly and a black-haired Army officer. Dark Elvis must convince light Elvis that it's okay to build a nuclear missile silo near the family's moonshine still.
VIVA LAS VEGAS
MGM - 1964
Viva Las Vegas premiered in Portugal on June 6, 1964 at the Alvalade and São Luis theaters
Lucky Jackson - Elvis Presley
Rusty Martin - Ann-Margret
Count Mancini - Cesare Donova
Producers - Jack Cummings / George Sidney
Director - George Sidney
SONGS: C'mon Everybody - If You Think I Don't Need You - I Need Somebody To Lean On - The Lady Loves Me - Santa Lucia - Today Tomorrow And Forever - Viva Las Vegas - What'd I Say - Yellow Rose Of Texas.
Race car driver Lucky falls in love with hotel swimming instructor Rusty. When his money gets sucked down the drain of the swimming pool, he takes a job as a waiter and competes with Rusty in the employee's talent contest. He enters the race, wins, and marries Rusty.
ROUSTABOUT
Paramount - 1964
Roustabout premiered in Portugal on April 2, 1965 at the Eden theater
Charlie Rogers - Elvis Presley
Maggie Moore - Barbara Stanwick
Cathy Lean - Joan Freeman
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - John Rich
SONGS: Big Love Big Heartache - Carny Town - Hard Knocks - It's A Wonderful World - It's Carnival Time - Little Egypt - One Track Heart - Poison Ivy League - Roustabout - There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon - Wheels On My Heels.
Charlie goes from singing shill in a fortune-teller's teahouse to carnival roustabout, where his musical talents keep the midway alive.
GIRL HAPPY
MGM - 1965
Girl Happy premiered in Portugal on May 6, 1966 at the Eden theater
Rusty Wells - Elvis Presley
Valerie - Shelley Fabares
Big Frank - Harold J. Stone
Producer - Joe Pasternak
Director - Boris Segal
SONGS: Cross My Heart And Hope To Die - Do Not Disturb - Do The Clam - Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce - Girl Happy - I've Got To Find My Baby - The Meanest Girl In Town - Puppet On A String - Spring Fever - Starting Tonight - Wolf Call.
Rusty is hired as a chaperone for the nubile daughter of Big Frank, a Chicago nightclub owner with underworld connections. The girl gets drunk in Fort Lauderdale, does a striptease in public, and winds up in jail. Big Frank is angry, but forgives Rusty when he realizes that Rusty means well.
TICKLE ME
Allied Artists - 1965
Tickle Me premiered in Portugal on March 2, 1966 at the Coliseu theater
Lonnie Beale - Elvis Presley
Vera Radford - Julie Adams
Pam Merrit - Jocelyn Lane
Producer - Ben Schwalb
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: Dirty Dirty Feeling - Easy Question - I Feel That I've Known You Forever - I'm Yours - Night Rider - Put The Blame On Me - Slowly But Surely.
Lonnie is an out-of-work rodeo cowboy at an all-girl beauty spa. He escapes a dozen man-hungry women in jogging suits, falls for the physical instructor, and stumbles upon a jillion dollars' worth of hidden gold.
HARUM SCARUM
MGM - 1965
Harum Scarum premiered in Portugal on March 25, 1967 at the Rex theater
Johnny Tyrone - Elvis Presley
Princess Shalimar - Mary Ann Mobley
Aishah - Fran Jeffries
Produtor - Sam Katzman
Realizador - Gene Nelson
CANÇÕES: Go East Young Man - Golden Coins - Harem Holiday - Hey Little Girl - Kismet - Mirage - My Desert Serenade - Shake That Tambourine - So Close Yet So Far.
Johnny is a movie star publicizing his new fim, who gets kidnapped by evildoers, meets beautiful Princess Shalimar, and karate-chops his way out of the Arab world.
FRANKIE AD JOHNNY
United Artists - 1966
Johnny - Elvis Presley
Frankie - Donna Douglas
Nellie Bly - Nancy Kovack
Producer - Edward Small
Director - Frederick de Cordova
SONGS: Begginer's Luck - Chesay - Come Along - Down By The Riverside - When The Saints Go Marching In - Everybody Come Aboard - Frankie And Johnny - Hard Luck - Look Out Broadway - Petunia The Gardner's Daughter - Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Shout It Out - What Every Woman Lives For.
When Frankie shoots Johnny because she is jealous of Nellie Bly, he is saved by a lucky cricket pendant.
PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE
Paramount - 1966
Paradise Hawaiian Style premiered in Portugal on June 14, 1967 at the Mundial theater
Rick Richards - Elvis Presley
Judy Hudson - Suzanna Leigh
Danny Kohana - James Shigeta
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - Michael Moore
SONGS: Datin' - Dog's Life - Drums Of The Island - House Of Sand - Paradise Hawaiian Style - Queenie Wahine's Papaya - Scratch My Back - Stop Where You Are - This Is My Heaven.
Fired as an airlines pilot for kissing a stewardess, Rick returns to his native Hawaii and starts a helicopter taxi service. While ferrying a chopper full of unruly show dogs, he accidentally buzzes an auto on the highway - which turns out to be driven by an inspector from the Federal Aviation Agency. He saves his skin by performing a heroic rescue.
SPINOUT
MGM - 1966
Spinout premiered in Portugal on February 8, 1967 at the Europa theater
Mike McCoy - Elvis Presley
Cynthia Foxhugh - Shelley Fabares
Diana St. Clare - Diane McBain
Producer - Joe Pasternak
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: Adam And Evil - All That I Am - Am I Ready - Beach Shack - I'll Be Back - Never Say Yes - Smorgasbord - Stop Look And Listen - Spinout.
Mike is pursued by a millionaire's daughter, a drummer, and a feminist author researching a book called The Perfect Male.
EASY COME EASY GO
Paramount - 1967
Easy Come Easy Go premiered in Portugal on December 22, 1967 at the Rex theater
Ted Jackson - Elvis Presley
Whitehead - Mickey Elley
Tompkins - Reed Morgan
Producer - Hal Wallis
Director - John Rich
SONGS: Easy Come Easy Go - I'll Take Love - The Love Machine - Sing You Children - Yoga Is As Yoga Does - You Gotta Stop.
Ted is the frogman demolition expert in search of buried treasure. On land, he encounters a kooky yoga instructor, beatnik body painters, and the most surreal go-go club since The Purple Pit in Jerry Lewis's The Nutty Professor.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
MGM - 1967
Double Trouble premiered in Portugal on August 2, 1968 at the Eden theater
Guy Lambert - Elvis Presley
Jill Conway - Annette Day
Gerald Waverley - John Williams
Producer - Judd Bernard / Irwin Winkler
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: Baby If You'll Give Me All Your Love - City By Night - Could I Fall In Love - Double Trouble - I Love Only One Girl - Long-Legged Girl - Old McDonald - There Is So Much World To See.
Mod adventures in Beatles country: Guy is pursued across the continent by sexy girls in miniskirts, the bumbling Wiere Brothers, smugglers, and anry Uncle Gerald.
CLAMBAKE
United Artists - 1967
Scott Haywood - Elvis Presley
Diane Carter - Shelley Fabares
Tom Wilson - Will Hutchins
Producer - Levy-Gardner / Laven Productions
Director - Arthur Nadel
SONGS: Clambake - Confidence - The Girl I Never Loved - Hey Hey Hey - A House That Has Everything - Who Needs Money - You Don't Know Me.
Scott (a rich guy) trades identities with a poor guy so that people will like him for himself instead of his money. A gold-digger girl who wants to fall in love with a rich guy falls for Scott, much to her dismay, but then gets happy when he reveals he owns half the planet.
STAY AWAY JOE
MGM - 1968
Stay Away Joe premiered in Portugal on February 22, 1969 at the Europa theater
Joe Lightcloud - Elvis Presley
Glenda Callahan - Joan Blondell
Charlie Lightcloud - Burgess Meredith
Producer - Douglas Laurence
Director - Peter Tewksbury
SONGS: All I Needed Was The Rain - Dominick - Stay Away Joe.
Joe is an indian, brown-skinned, hot-blooded, and hard-drinking, who sings to Dominik the Bull, a family pet who gets eaten by drunken indians who mistake him for a cow.
SPEEDWAY
MGM - 1968
Speedway premiered in Portugal on November 15, 1968 at the Lumiar theater
Steve Grayson - Elvis Presley
Susan Jacks - Nancy Sinatra
Kenny Dow - Bill Bixby
Producer - Douglas Laurence
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGSS: He's Your Unlce Not Your Dad - Let Yourself Go - Speedway - There Ain't Nothing Like A Song - Who Are You - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby.
Race car driver Steve is investigated by white-booted IRS agent Susan. He sings about how good it is to pay taxes to Uncle Sam, wins enough money in the big race to get the government off his back, and winds up in a wild disco fantasy with Susan.
LIVE A LITTLE LOVE A LITTLE
MGM - 1968
Live A Little Love A Little premiered in Portugal on October 19, 1970 at the Olimpia theater
Greg Nolan - Elvis Presley
Bernice - Michele Carey
Harry - Dick Sargent
Producer - Douglas Laurence
Director - Norman Taurog
SONGS: A Little Less Conversation - Almost In Love - Edge Of Reality - Wonderful World.
Fashion photographer Greg is pursued by a man-hungry woman and her Great Dane. The pressure is so heavy that he has a surrealistic dream in which his dance partner wears a dog suit.
CHARRO
National General - 1969
Charro premiered in Portugal on July 16, 1970 at the Eden theater
Jess Wade - Elvis Presley
Tracy - Ina Balin
Vince - Victor French
Producer - Charles M. Warren
Director - Charles M. Warren
SONGS: Charro.
An hommage to Clint Eastwood westerns, with stubble-faced Jesse squinting and wearing a dirty serape, and singing nothing more than the title song.
THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS
MGM - 1969
The Trouble With Girls premiered in Portugal on June 12, 1970 at the Europa theater
Walter Hale - Elvis Presley
Nita - Sheree North
Johnny Anthony - Edward Andrews
Producer - Lester Welsh
Director - Peter Tewksbury
SONGS: Almost - Clean Up Your Own Backyard - Signs Of The Zodiac - Swing Down Swing Chariot.
Murder, kidnapping, union problems, and lynch-mob mentality are just some of the rollicking distractions Walter faces as the leader of a troupe of traveling entertainers in the Roaring Twenties.
CHANGE OF HABIT
Universal - 1969
Dr. John Carpenter - Elvis Presley
Sister Michelle - Mary Tyler Moore
Sister Irene - Barbra McNair
Producer - Joe Connelly
Director - William Graham
SONGS: Change Of Habit - Have A Happy - Let Us Pray - Rubberneckin'.
Dr. John Carpenter, the Ghetto doctor, teams up with three plain-clothes nuns to deal with slum housing, race relations, autism and street crime. Because he doesn't know she is a nun, Dr. Carpenter falls for Sister Michelle but can't figure out why she avoids him. The enigmatic ending doesn't reveal whether they consummate their relationship.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
MGM - 1970
That's The Way It Is premiered in Portugal on October 15, 1971 at the Condes theater
