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Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition) ReviewElvis at his best looking, arguably best sounding, and most creative, plays with his original drummer and guitarist, often in the first "unplugged" format, surrounded by fans on all four sides. Elvis is so close to the audience that it has a surreal quality to it. His voice is impeccable, raw, thick, and tough, at turns sweet and gentle for the ballads, and the skill with which he effortlessly and naturally moves between the two is amazing. This is a one of a kind experience showcasing arguably the best of the best of a brilliant career. Those who don't even think they like Elvis will be converts - incredible.Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition) Overview1. Trouble/Guitar Man - SHOW OPENER; Trouble\ Guitar Man (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 3. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 4. Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up; Heartbreak Hotel\ Hound Dog\ All Shook Up (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 5. Can't Help Falling In Love (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 6. Jailhouse Rock (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 7. Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit's hot (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 8. Love Me Tender (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 9. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 10. Rock & roll music is . . . (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 11. Gospel Production Number; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head\ Saved (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 12. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 13. Blue Christmas (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 14. Man, I just work here./No strap. (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 15. One Night (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 16. Memories (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 17. Guitar Man Production Number; Nothingville\ Guitar Man\ Let Yourself Go\ Guitar Man\ Big Boss Man\ It Hurts Me\ Guitar Man\ Little Egypt\ Trouble\ Guitar Man (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 18. If I Can Dream - Show Closer. (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 19. Credits Roll (Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast (Adapted)) 20. Elvis takes the stage. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 21. Elvis introduces band-mates. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 22. That's All Right (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 23. Heartbreak Hotel (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 24. Love Me (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 25. Swapping axes./Are we on television? (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 26. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 27. Touching body with hands./Rock & roll music is . . . (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 28. Blue Suede Shoes (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 29. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 30. Something wrong with my lip./He's gotta be crazy. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 31. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 32. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 33. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 34. Blue Christmas (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 35. Trying To Get To You (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 36. One Night - Somebody pulled the plug, man. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 37. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 38. Man, I just work here./No strap. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 39. One Night (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 40. Memories (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1) 41. Audience warm-up./Mr. Elvis Presley. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 42. Elvis talks. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 43. Heartbreak Hotel (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 44. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 45. Elvis refers to script./Introduces band-mates. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 46. That's All Right (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 47. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 48. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 49. Can't even touch myself./You gonna get arrested, boy. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 50. Blue Suede Shoes (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 51. We don't have a strap?/Lines from MacArthur Park. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 52. One Night (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 53. Love Me (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 54. Hanky flies about./The new music./My style came from . . . (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 55. Trying To Get To You (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 56. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 57. Girl saves Elvis tissue lint./Never ceases to amaze me, baby. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 58. Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 59. Blue Christmas (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 60. Tiger Man (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 61. Another tissue girl./MacArthur Park lines. (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 62. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 63. Memories (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 64. Credits Roll (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 65. Audience warm-up./Here's Elvis Presley. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 66. Medley: Heartbreak Hotel/One Night - Sound Goes Out.; Heartbreak Hotel\ One Night - Sound Goes Out (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 67. Medley: Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up; Heartbreak Hotel\ Hound Dog\ All Shook Up (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 68. Can't Help Falling In Love (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 69. Jailhouse Rock (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 70. Don't Be Cruel (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 71. Blue Suede Shoes (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 72. Love Me Tender (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 73. Anybody got a handkerchief? (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 74. Trouble (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 75. Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Impromptu Jam. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 76. If I Can Dream - Lip-Synch Performance. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #1) 77. Audience warm-up./And it stars Elvis Presley./Heartbreak Hotel - False start.; Audience warm-up./And it stars Elvis Presley.\ Heartbreak Hotel - False Start. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 78. Medley: Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog/All Shook Up; Heartbreak Hotel\ Hound Dog\ All Shook Up (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 79. Can't Help Falling In Love (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 80. Jailhouse Rock (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 81. Don't Be Cruel - Moby Dick! (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 82. Blue Suede Shoes - False start. One more time, gently. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 83. Blue Suede Shoes (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 84. Can I borrow your little whatchacallit?/This leather suit's hot. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 85. Love Me Tender (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 86. Preparation./Who's that strange man out there, Elvis? (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 87. Trouble - Should I be on the microphone here? (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 88. Trouble - I got my lip hung on the microphone. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 89. Trouble/Guitar Man; Trouble\ Guitar Man (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 90. Lines from MacArthur Park and Tiptoe Through The Tulips (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 91. Trouble/Guitar Man; Trouble\ Guitar Man (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 92. If I Can Dream - Lip-Synch Performance. (Black Leather Stand-Up Show #2) 93. Trouble/Guitar Man (920 Incomplete Take. Slings chord at end.) 94. Trouble/Guitar Man (921 Incomplete Take. Ran outta breath.) 95. Trouble/Guitar Man (922 Incomplete take. You watch my clacker.) 96. Trouble/Guitar Man (923 Incomplete Take) 97. Trouble/Guitar Man (924 Incomplete Take) 98. Trouble/Guitar Man; Trouble\ Guitar Man (925 Completed take.) 99. Trouble/Guitar Man; Trouble\ Guitar Man (926 Guitar inserts. Close-up shots of hands and guitar.) 100. Trouble/Guitar Man; Trouble\ Guitar Man (927 Stills. Performance insert shots.) 101. If I Can Dream (915 False start.) 102. If I Can Dream (916 Completed take.) 103. If I Can Dream (917 Completed take.) 104. If I Can Dream (918 Completed take. Chosen for the TV special.) 105. Huh-Huh-Huh Promo (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 106. Elvis Closing Credits Without Credits Roll (Black Leather Sit-Down Show #2) 107. If I Can Dream - Special Music Video 2004 108. DVD Credits Roll (A Little Less Conversation) 109. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (501 Completed take. Declared a good rehearsal.) 110. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (502 Incomplete take. Dance solo problem.) 111. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (503 Completed take.) 112. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (504 Incomplete take. Dance solo problem.) 113. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (505 Incomplete take. Elvis misstep on the stairs.) 114. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But To The Lord/Up Above My Head; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\ Where Could I Go But To The Lord\ Up Above My Head (506 Completed take.) 115. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (507 Incomplete take.) 116. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (508 Incomplete take.) 117. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (509 Completed take. Elvis flings tambourine to sky.) 118. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (510 Completed take. Elvis wants another one.) 119. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (511 Completed take. Elvis gives "outta here" thumb.) 120. Up Above My Head/Saved; Up Above My Head\ Saved (512 Completed take. Waiting for Darlene.) 121. Saved (513 Incomplete take. Problem with dancers' cue.) 122. Saved (514 Incomplete take.) 123. Saved (515 Completed take. Elvis missed his 'ho-ho, yeah.') 124. Saved (516 Completed take.) 125. Saved (517 Completed take. You got it!) 126. Saved (518 Erroneous 518 slate. 601 called but not slated. Cast chatter.) 127. Saved (602 Incomplete take. Elvis can't hear the playback.) 128. Saved (604 Completed take.) 129. Big Boss Man (101 Incomplete take. Match doesn't go out.) 130. Big Boss Man (102 Incomplete take.) 131. Big Boss Man (103 Completed take. Guitar doesn't break.) 132. Big Boss Man (104 Completed take.) 133. Big Boss Man (105 Incomplete take. Guitar strap comes undone.) 134. Big Boss Man (106 Incomplete take. Elvis cracks up.) 135. Big Boss Man (107 Completed take. Guitar doesn't break.) 136. Big Boss Man (108 Completed take.) 137. Big Boss Man (109 Completed take. Guitar doesn't quite break.) 138. Big Boss Man (110 Completed take.) 139. It Hurts Me (111 Incomplete take.) 140. It Hurts Me (112 Incomplete take. Elvis splits his pants.) 141. It Hurts Me (113 Completed take.) 142. It Hurts Me (114 Completed take.) 143. It Hurts Me (115 Completed take.) 144. It Hurts Me (116 Incomplete take. Bottle doesn't break.) 145. It Hurts Me (117 Incomplete take.) 146. It Hurts Me (118 Incomplete take. Did I anticipate?) 147. It Hurts Me (119 Incomplete take. Somebody's gonna have sore arms tomorrow.) 148. It Hurts Me (120 Completed take.) 149. It Hurts Me (121 Incomplete take. I don't know upstage from downstage.) 150. It Hurts Me (122 Incomplete take. ". . . Too blind to see" is where you walk in, Elvis.) 151. It Hurts Me (123 Incomplete take.) 152. It Hurts Me (126 Completed take.) 153. Let Yourself Go (605 False start. 601 slate label corrected. Gospel label not.) 154. Let Yourself Go (606 Completed take.) 155. Let Yourself Go (607 Completed take.) 156. Let Yourself Go (608 Incomplete take. Gospel label on slate corrected.) 157. Let Yourself Go (609 Completed take.) 158. Let Yourself Go (610 Completed take.) 159. Let Yourself Go (611 False start.) 160. Let Yourself Go (612 Nearly completed take.) 161. Let Yourself Go (613 Nearly completed take. Not to mention Bones Howe.) 162. Let Yourself Go (614 Completed take. Did I miss the lip-synch on the very last line?) 163. Let Yourself Go (615 Completed take.) 164. Let Yourself Go (616 Completed take.) 165. Let Yourself Go (617 Completed take.) 166. Bordello - Insert Shots (619 Grapes (No 618 slate) Put your warm, red grapes on mine.) 167. Bordello - Insert Shots (620 Palms together. Andy Williams sings "Downtown") 168. Bordello - Insert Shots (621 Dip) 169. Bordello - Insert Shots; I Get A Kick Out Of You\ Blues In The Night\ I Enjoy Being A Girl\ My Man\ I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair (Spooning. Phyllis Diller medley.) 170. Bordello - Insert Shots (623 Ladies dance with chairs.) 171. Bordello - Insert Shots (624 Ladies dance with chairs.) 172. Bordello - Insert Shots (625 Ladies dance with chairs.) 173. Bordello - Insert Shots (626 Ladies dance.) 174. Bordello - Insert Shots (627 Ladies dance.) 175. Bordello - Insert Shots (628 Ladies dance.) 176. Bordello - Insert Shots (629 Ladies dance.) 177. Bordello - Insert Shots (631 Ladies lounge about.) 178. Nothingville (901 No take. Elvis wants to walk this through.) 179. Nothingville (902 Completed take.) 180. Nothingville (903 Completed take.) 181. Guitar Man (904 Completed take.) 182. Guitar Man (905 Completed take.) 183. Guitar Man (907 Completed take. Plus tax. Wanna do another one, Steve?) 184. Guitar Man (908 False start.) 185. Guitar Man (909 Incomplete take. Swingin' little mother grabber.) 186. Guitar Man (910 Completed take.) 187. Guitar Man (911 Completed take.) 188. Guitar Man (1001 Completed take. My boy, my boy.) 189. Guitar Man (1002 Completed take. My boy, my boy.) 190. Guitar Man (1003 Incomplete take. Guitar strap comes undone.) 191. Guitar Man (1004 False start.) 192. Guitar Man (1005 Completed take. My girl, my girl.) 193. Guitar Man (1006 Completed take. My girl, my girl.) 194. Little Egypt/Trouble; Little Egypt\ Trouble (1007 Incomplete take. Watch that cobra. Growl and grin.) 195. Little Egypt/Trouble; Little Egypt\ Trouble (1008 No take. Topless lady band/LBJ imitation/Tinkling of Tanya/My belly, my belly.) 196. Little Egypt/Trouble; Little Egypt\ Trouble (1009 Completed take. Another one for myself.) 197. Little Egypt/Trouble; Little Egypt\ Trouble (1010 Completed take.) 198. Trouble (1011 Incomplete take. Sh--.) 199. Trouble (1012 Completed take. To spend one night witchoo.) 200. Trouble (1013 Completed take. I sho hope I got a little voice left.) 201. Trouble (1014 Incomplete take. Elvis eyeballs the mike and cracks up.) 202. Trouble (1015 Completed take. More laughter.)

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Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) (1970) Review

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Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) (1970) ReviewThe "Special Edition" DVD of the 1970 concert film, "That's the way it is",is remastered with better audio, video, and extra footage of Elvis! It has removed footage from the original VHS version (which has a cover showing Elvis in a flowered shirt) such as fan comments, advertising for the show, and even a few Elvis performances ("I just can't help believing" for one). This documentary consists of footage of Elvis in one of the best times of his life emotionally, physically, and vocally. Seriously, the band has to work hard to keep up with the energy that Elvis displays in this show! (see "Polk Salad Annie", "Suspicious Minds", etc.) It is fantastic that this video has been preserved because it shows Elvis at the top of his game. You may notice that the audience is quite tame compared to an arena audience. For one thing the concert is a formal Vegas affair with everyone seated at dining tables. Yes there are still some lovesick girls in the front row, but you can also see celebrities like Sammy Davis, jr. and Cary Grant in attendance. The energy of the audience doesent really matter anyway because the performance Elvis gives is amazing and inspiring. This is a great way to remember Elvis.
The DVD will sound, look, and flow much better than the original film. It also has more Elvis and less stuff to fast foward through. Bottom line: Hold on to your old VHS copy for the performances not on the DVD, but buy the DVD for every other reason.
TCBElvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition) (1970) OverviewThis rockumentary is a must-see experience that takes you backstage and front-row center as Elvis unleashes his incomparable talent and showmanship during his 1970 concert tour.

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Clambake (1967) Review

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Clambake (1967) ReviewClambake starring Elvis Presley,Shelley Fabares,Will Hutchins,Bill Bixby,Gary Merrill,and James Gregory was an entertaining film with a very good cast.It's a take-off on the "Prince and the Pauper" story of a rich man that swaps identity with a poor man and wants to see if he can be a success without the family wealth.Too bad the quality of the print used in making this DVD was poor.The sharpness is disappointing, the color is weak, and there are numerous artifacts seen such as scratches and streaks.Also,the soundtrack is mediocre at best,even though a true HiFi/stereo soundtrack was originally recorded by Elvis for this release.There is no excuse for this hatchet-job,and I recommend you avoid purchasing this title until a respectable effort is made to produce a high-quality copy of this film.If you are a die-hard Elvis fan you'll probably buy it for your library,but the studio did justice to no one with the release of this DVD.Shame on the greedy leeches!Clambake (1967) OverviewElvis Presley sizzles as a lovelorn million-heir in this riveting and romantic rock 'n' roll romp. Vying for the attentions of the lovely Shelley Fabares ("Coach"), Elvis finds himself caught up in arivalry with playboy Bill Bixby ("The Incredible Hulk") "against a tuneful background of comedy, romance and speedboat racing" (Film Daily)! Clambake is "pleasing escape entertainment" (Boxoffice) and the wildest party to hit the beach since they invented the beach ball!It's a hip version of The Prince and the Pauper as Elvis relinquishes his oil-baron father's fortune and trades identities with a penniless water ski instructor (Will Hutchins) to learn about life from the bottom up. Suddenly short on money but long on determination, he repairs a radicallydesigned powerboat in order to win the regatta and the affection of a girl who's determined to marry rich!

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Follow That Dream (1962) Review

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Follow That Dream (1962) ReviewEvery so often, an actor plays a role that fits like their own skin, a perfect match between character and performer. George C. Scott as Patton. Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale. Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. Madonna as Evita. Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, just to name a few.
To that list, I add Elvis Presley as Toby Kwimper.
Yes, I know; as an actor Elvis was pretty much a good singer and an okay dancer. Most of his movie performances are ho-hum, looking back on them decades later. However, in the case of Follow That Dream the persona of Toby Kwimper, a young man of whom one of the other characters observes, "His heart is pure and his head is empty and you can't beat that combination," is brilliantly portrayed by Elvis, one of the few genuinely good-hearted actors ever to hit Hollywood.
Toby Kwimper, an innocent from the swamplands of New Jersey's Pine Barrens, has to deal with all kinds of dangers of modern life that would cause a less optimistic and lucky hero to quail. The plot is fairly simple.
On a trip to Florida to visit relatives, Toby, his Pop (ably played by Arthur O'Connell), his twin kid brothers Teddy and Eddy, his baby sister Ariadne and Holly (Anne Helm), a babysitter who is no kin to him, run out of gas on a state highway not yet open to traffic that Pop had driven down. Stranded on a coast road, the family group improvises, adapts and overcomes to set up camp with no real equipment by the road on dredge spoil used to fill in the land so the road could be made. The 'pioneers' are truly on virgin land; it didn't exist a couple of months before and the State did not bother to title it.
After a few days of roughing it, feeding themselves and quite well at that on nature's bounty, Civilization and Authority show up in the form of H. Arthur King, the local Highway Superintendent. He goes bananas at the sight of (to his eyes) a bunch of bums camping beside his newly made highway, climbs on his bureaucratic high horse and orders them out. Pop, however, an expert at dealing with governmental bureaucrats after years spent on various programs like welfare, AFDC, WIC and many others, climbs on his own high horse and refuses to leave, citing an 1820 law about homesteading. He swears out a statement describing the land parcel, and the family settles in to prove up their land.
Not one to give up easily, King sics the local child welfare supervisor and clinical psychologist, Alicia Claypoole, onto the Kwimpers. The idea is to prove that Pop and Toby aren't fit to raise the kids, threaten them with the removal of the children, and thus force the Kwimpers to flee. Coincidentally, Alicia has the idea of having Toby jump her bones - except that Toby is so innocently naive he can't tell a pass from a hand-off (although Holly, who has her own cap set for Toby, certainly can). Toby's bewilderment at Alicia's advances will have consequences later.
Toby himself has adventures in the Innocents Abroad vein. When Holly comes up with the idea of starting a little fishing business, a trip to town by Toby to apply for a small business loan ends up with his being mistaken for a bank robber, with humorous results. When Alicia tries to subvert the Kwimpers' homesteading by showing Toby how much easier life would be in government housing, he ends up recruiting a retired couple to move out to the Kwimpers' highway bridge and homestead the virign land on the other side of the highway. And when two gangsters (Simon Oakland and Jack Kruschen) set up next door to the Kwimpers because the land isn't policed by the county or the state - more of King's handiwork - Toby serves as proof that God watches out for children, drunks and fools when by a series of misadventures and just being neighborly he demolishes their casino, wrecks their dock, bankrupts their operation and runs them out of town.
The climax of the picture comes when Alicia Claypoole has the twins and Ariadne taken away from Pop on specious psychological grounds, forcing a confrontation in front of a judge who has the power to make the removal permanent. Once more, it's up to Toby to make things right - if he can.
Follow That Dream is taken from Richard Powell's book, Pioneer, Go Home! and thanks to screenwriter Charles Lederer astutely deciding not to monkey with a well-crafted book, hews very closely to the novel. He also manages to keep the feel of Toby and Pop's speech patterns and most of the book's original dialogue. Lederer cut only two sequences from the novel. The first was the hurricane which H. Arthur King hoped to use as a pretext to break the Kwimpers' continuous occupancy of their land as required by the homesteading act, and it is not missed. The second is the epilogue, and that isn't missed either. Frankly, he did one of the best jobs of adapting a book to the screen that I have ever seen; and considering the vivisection usually performed on original novels in Hollywood, that is praise indeed.
The five songs Elvis sings are nothing special, but that doesn't matter. In my opinion, this is the one Elvis Presley movie that could stand on its own even if he didn't sing a note. Nobody is going to mistake Follow That Dream for anything but light entertainment; but entertained you will be, and delightfully so. As I said, this is the role Elvis Presley was born to play, and he plays it to perfection.Follow That Dream (1962) OverviewElvis Presley is at his dreamboat peak in this musical comedy that finds the sexy star crooning five original songs in an "amusing and fast-paced" (Variety) romp boasting a "delightful mixtureof songs, romance, humor and good old homespun warmth" (Citizen-News)!When his scheming pop decides to "homestead" the family on a public beach, Toby Kwimper (Presley) digs the exotic settingbut hates the attention he is suddenly receiving. Though he just wants to play his guitar, Toby finds himself up to his baby blues in trouble with government bureaucrats, crime bosses and even two smitten "kittens"an adopted little sister who feels more than sisterly love for him and a social worker with more than his welfare on her mind!

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