When this Melodramatic Soap was Made Elvis Still Had Hopes to Make it as a "Dramatic" Actor and Gave it His All.
It's a Part that Requires Talent to Pull it Off and Elvis Reaches Hard to Make the Part His Own and Show that He's Got What it Takes to Deliver.
Except for 1 Scene (he's drunk) and the Director (acclaimed writer Phillipe Dunne) lets Elvis Stutter Relentlessly and Embarrassingly... On and On, and it Truly is a Cringe.
In the Rest of the Movie Elvis seems Comfortable, On-His-Game, and Plays with Hope Lang, Tuesday Weld, and Others Quite Believably.
The Result is a Surprisingly Commendable Performance in such a Rich, Melodramatic Story.
The Producers Try to Squeeze some Songs in with Mediocre Results and Come-Off for the "Artificial Ingredients" and Mostly seem Out of Place.
But, Thankfully there are Only a Couple, and the Main Force of the Film is Straight-Forward Soap-Opera-Tragedy, and a Slice of Common-Life.
Hope Lang, Tuesday Weld, and Gary Lockwood are All Excellent and Help Elvis as He Delivers One of HIs Most Ignored, Over-Looked, and Under-Rated in the Elvis Filmography.
This is One "The King" could be Proud and 'True Elvis Fans" can Watch Without Hiding-Their-Heads.
Even for Non-Elvis Fanatics, it's...
Worth a Watch.
It's a Part that Requires Talent to Pull it Off and Elvis Reaches Hard to Make the Part His Own and Show that He's Got What it Takes to Deliver.
Except for 1 Scene (he's drunk) and the Director (acclaimed writer Phillipe Dunne) lets Elvis Stutter Relentlessly and Embarrassingly... On and On, and it Truly is a Cringe.
In the Rest of the Movie Elvis seems Comfortable, On-His-Game, and Plays with Hope Lang, Tuesday Weld, and Others Quite Believably.
The Result is a Surprisingly Commendable Performance in such a Rich, Melodramatic Story.
The Producers Try to Squeeze some Songs in with Mediocre Results and Come-Off for the "Artificial Ingredients" and Mostly seem Out of Place.
But, Thankfully there are Only a Couple, and the Main Force of the Film is Straight-Forward Soap-Opera-Tragedy, and a Slice of Common-Life.
Hope Lang, Tuesday Weld, and Gary Lockwood are All Excellent and Help Elvis as He Delivers One of HIs Most Ignored, Over-Looked, and Under-Rated in the Elvis Filmography.
This is One "The King" could be Proud and 'True Elvis Fans" can Watch Without Hiding-Their-Heads.
Even for Non-Elvis Fanatics, it's...
Worth a Watch.