Girls! Girls! Girls!

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Girls! Girls! Girls!

Directed by	Norman Taurog
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Allan Weiss (story) Edward Anhalt
Starring	Elvis Presley Stella Stevens Laurel Goodwin
Music by	Joseph J. Lilley
Cinematography	Loyal Griggs
Editing by	Stanley E. Johnson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	November 21, 1962 (USA), March 16, 1965 (Turkey), January 1963-May 1964 (Europe)^[1]
Running time	106 min.
Language	English

Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie. The movie opened at #6 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at #31 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962. The movie earned $2.5 million at the box office.

The film was shot on location in Hawaii.

1 Plot
2 Primary cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Awards and Nominations
5 References
6 External links
- 6.1 Movie Reviews
- 6.2 DVD Reviews

[edit] Plot

Elvis Presley plays Ross Carpenter, a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he built with his father. He is caught in a love triangle with two women: childish, insensitive club singer Robin, played by Stella Stevens, and sweet Laurel, played by Laurel Goodwin. When Wesley Johnson, played by Jeremy Slate, makes advances on Laurel, Ross punches him out. Wesley owns the boat. Ross thereby loses his boat. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be. Ross has to choose between Robin and Laurel.

[edit] Primary cast

Elvis Presley: Ross Carpenter
Stella Stevens: Robin Gantner
Laurel Goodwin: Laurel Dodge
Jeremy Slate: Wesley Johnson
Benson Fong: Kin Yung
Robert Strauss: Sam Anderson
Jack Nitzsche: Piano Player in Lounge Band (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva: Arthur Morgan (uncredited)
Linda Rand: Village Woman (uncredited)
Edward Sheehan: Ed-Man on Dock (uncredited)
Red West: Bongo-Playing Crewman on Tuna Boat (uncredited)

[edit] Soundtrack

Main article: Girls! Girls! Girls! (album)

[edit] Awards and Nominations

Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical at the 1963 ceremony. The winner that year was The Music Man.^[2] Elvis Presley received a 2nd place Laurel Award for the best male performance in a musical for his acting role in this movie.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Elvis in Hawaii fansite.
Girls! Girls! Girls! at the Internet Movie Database
Girls! Girls! Girls! at AllRovi

[edit] Movie Reviews

Review by Jamie Gillies at Apollo Movie Guide.

[edit] DVD Reviews

Review of the movie collection "Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection (King Creole, Blue Hawaii, G.I. Blues, Fun in Acapulco, Roustabout, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Easy Come, Easy Go) by Paul Mavis at DVD Talk, August 6, 2007.
Review by Jon Danziger at digitallyOBSESSED!, February 3, 2003.

v d e The films of Norman Taurog

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1930s	Troopers Three (with B. Reeves Eason) Sunny Skies Hot Curves Follow the Leader Finn and Hattie Skippy Newly Rich Huckleberry Finn Sooky Hold 'Em Jail The Phantom President If I Had a Million (segments "Prologue" and "Epilogue") A Bedtime Story The Way to Love We're Not Dressing Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch College Rhythm The Big Broadcast of 1936 Strike Me Pink Rhythm on the Range Reunion Fifty Roads to Town You Can't Have Everything The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mad About Music Boys Town The Girl Downstairs Lucky Night

1940s	Broadway Melody of 1940 Young Tom Edison Little Nellie Kelly Men of Boys Town Design for Scandal Are Husbands Necessary? A Yank at Eton Presenting Lily Mars Girl Crazy (with Busby Berkeley) The Hoodlum Saint The Beginning or the End The Bride Goes Wild Big City Words and Music That Midnight Kiss

1950s	Please Believe Me The Toast of New Orleans Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone Rich, Young and Pretty Room for One More Jumping Jacks The Stooge The Stars Are Singing The Caddy Living It Up You're Never Too Young The Birds and the Bees Pardners Bundle of Joy The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown Onionhead Don't Give Up the Ship

1960s	Visit to a Small Planet G.I. Blues All Hands on Deck Blue Hawaii Girls! Girls! Girls! It Happened at the World's Fair Palm Springs Weekend Tickle Me Sergeant Dead Head Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Spinout Double Trouble Speedway Live a Little, Love a Little

Television	Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (with Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, King Vidor, William A. Wellman and Bud Yorkin)

v d e Elvis Presley

Studio albums	Elvis Presley Elvis Elvis' Christmas Album For LP Fans Only A Date with Elvis Elvis Is Back! His Hand in Mine Something for Everybody Pot Luck How Great Thou Art From Elvis in Memphis From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) Love Letters from Elvis Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Now He Touched Me Elvis (1973) Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake Good Times Promised Land Today From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee Moody Blue

Live albums	On Stage Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Having Fun with Elvis on Stage Elvis in Concert

Soundtrack albums	Loving You King Creole G.I. Blues Blue Hawaii Girls! Girls! Girls! It Happened at the World's Fair Fun in Acapulco Kissin' Cousins Roustabout Girl Happy Harum Scarum Frankie and Johnny Paradise Hawaiian Style Spinout Double Trouble Clambake Speedway Elvis That's the Way It Is Viva Elvis

Compilation albums	Elvis' Golden Records 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 Elvis for Everyone Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 Elvis Sings Flaming Star Let's Be Friends Almost in Love C'mon Everybody I Got Lucky Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 The Sun Sessions Welcome to My World Mahalo from Elvis Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II ELV1S 2nd to None Hitstory The Essential Elvis Presley Elvis the King Elvis Christmas Elvis Presley Christmas Duets

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