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50th Anniversary Movie Pictorials: Follow That Dream – 1962

Posted on April 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Follow That Dream was released fifty years ago in April 1962.  It was Elvis’ ninth film and is considered by some historians to be his best comedy performance.  My friend Alan Hanson over at the Elvis-History-Blog flatly states “Follow That … Continue reading →

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Elvis and the 1992 Presidential Election

Posted on March 23, 2012 by | 1 Comment

2012 is an election year, and already it has been the catalyst for one article connecting Elvis and politics.  Well, now I have found a source that inspires another.   It is the text of a 1993 San Francisco Examiner column … Continue reading →

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Elvis Movie Match-Up

Posted on January 14, 2012 by | Leave a comment

When coming attractions are shown at your local movie theater, they usually start with a montage of short exciting scenes, plus a booming announcer voice-over to hype your interest.  Believe it or not, there is an old VHS tape titled … Continue reading →

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Al Wertheimer Reflects on Photographing “The Kiss”

Posted on August 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

No matter what network you watch the news on, you probably saw a feature two weeks ago about the newly revealed identity of the girl in “The Kiss,” Alfred Wertheimer’s iconic Elvis photo. She is Charleston, SC resident Barbara (Bobbi) Gray, who is now 75. “The Kiss” was photographed in 1956, so it took 55 years for her identity to be revealed. Continue reading →

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Elvis Presley to Become a Comic Book Hero

Posted on July 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The above title was the heading of a recent news announcement on the official Elvis website, Elvis.com. The announcement heralded a new oversized coffee-table book called Graphic Elvis. Continue reading →

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Osama bin Elvis

Posted on May 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This is the cover off the March 2009 issue of the political magazine American Spectator. The drawing of Osama bin Laden is pretty close to the real thing, but the depiction of Elvis is just terrible. Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary Movie Pictorials: Flaming Star – 1960

Posted on December 6, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Last October, we started a new series of pictorial essays celebrating the 50th anniversaries of Elvis’ movies. Number two in the series is Flaming star, which opened in December 1960. It was Elvis’s second western, and like Love Me Tender, his character died in it. Thankfully, that never happened again. Continue reading →

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Strange Elvis Searches on the Internet

Posted on November 7, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Google and the other search engines have been very instrumental in helping people discover ElvisBlog. With over 380 articles covering every Elvis subject imaginable, ElvisBlog comes up high on just about any search topic fans type in – even the stupid ones. Continue reading →

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Writing With Wertheimer

Posted on August 22, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Alfred Wertheimer is sometimes called the godfather of rock & roll photography, and he well deserves the title. As a struggling twenty-six year old free-lance photojournalist in New York City, Wertheimer’s good fortune gained him access to Elvis Presley during that first, heady flush of fame in 1956. Continue reading →

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Is Elvis' White Knabe Piano a White Elephant?

Posted on August 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

For the second time in 18 months, a prized Elvis collectible has failed to garner the minimum bid set by the auctioneers. Of course, it was a pretty steep minimum – a half-million dollars. Continue reading →

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