Clambake

Starring: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares Director: Arthur H Nadel Original UK Premiere: 1967 Dvd Release: 15th September, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Clambake is not, as I have read elsewhere, Elviss worst movie. Actually, it is really rather good. Supposedly he was having a tough time personally during the making of this but actually he must have been a good actor because you wouldnt know it.

Elvis is the son of an oil baron who decides to switch identities with a water ski instructor he meets & tries to find true love. Sounds hokey but is quite funny. There is a good supporting cast, Shelly Fabares & Bill Bixby are on form & the songs are not the worst although Confidence is cringe-worthy but then there has to be at least one turkey in every Elvis movie in the 60s.

Elvis looks a bit chunky but we can let that pass. The sets are not half bad & the script is quite good.

There are plenty of laughs in this one. And, of course, Elvis is fighting to win the heart of the fair maiden. Will he win - you just have to watch & see!! I would recommend this as one of his better late 60s efforts. Light-hearted & easy to watch.

Elvis Presley is the self-titled debut album from Elvis Presley. On November 21, 1955, RCA bought Presleys contract from Sun Records for $35,000, thanks to RCA executive Steve Sholes. Presley & rock & roll were still untested properties in the music business, but this album proved the selling power of both. It was the first rock album to hit number one & RCAs first million selling pop album. It is ranked 55 on the List of Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The cover is ranked number 40 on the List of Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Album Covers. It was parodied by The Clash on the cover of their London Calling album, which is number 39 on the list. Posters Of Elvis Presley

Editors Choice: Classic Albums, He Touched Me, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Aloha From Hawaii, Change Of Habit, Clambake, Double Trouble, View DVDology

Shelley Fabares is an American actress & singer. Born Michelle Ann Marie Fabares in Santa Monica, California, she is the niece of actress Nanette Fabray. She got her big break in the role of the teenage daughter on the 1958 television family sitcom, The Donna Reed Show. Her national popularity led to a recording contract & she had two Top 40 hits including Johnny Angel that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April of 1962. Girl Happy, Spinout & Clambake. In later years she returned to television, most notably in the role of love-interest/wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the 1989 TV sitcom, Coach Married to actor Mike Farrell, in October of 2000 she received a life-saving liver transplant after being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis that destroyed her liver.

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