Da’King Lives! :: Wakin’ ‘n’ Bakin’ to that Wild Beat! (January, 1968)
In a slight change of pace that we have seen since … what, Blue Hawaii? Anyways, for this shindig, the Big E plays another heir of wealth and fortune who wants for nothing except a desire for people to like him for him — and not just for all the perks that go along with his last name. And to accomplish this, he switches identities with his new best friend. Let the merry mix-upped identity shenanigans begin, am I right? Also of note, “Do the Clam” is not featured in Clambake — for that you’ll have to track down Girl Happy — but it does contain one of my favorite movie ballads:
Video courtesy of SoundandArt 2010.
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
Clambake (1967) Levy-Gardner-Laven :: Rhodes Pictures :: United Artists / P: Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven, Jules V. Levy / AP: Ernst R. Rolf / D: Arthur H. Nadel / W: Arthur Browne Jr. / C: William Margulies / E: Ernst R. Rolf / M: Jeff Alexander / S: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill, James Gregory, Suzie Kaye, Angelique Pettyjohn
This entry was posted on August 16, 2012 at 2:10 am and is filed under 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Angelique Pettyjohn, Bill Bixby, Clambake, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Elvis Presley, Gary Merrill, James Gregory, Musical, Romance, Shelley Fabares, Suzie Kaye, The Hills Run Red. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Leave a Reply