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Girls! Girls! Girls! | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Norman Taurog |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
Screenplay by | Edward Anhalt |
Story by | Allan Weiss |
Starring |
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Music by | Joseph J. Lilley |
Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
Edited by | Stanley E. Johnson |
Production company | Hal Wallis Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,600,000 (USA)[3][4] |
Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 Golden Globe-nominated American 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 $2.6 million at the box office.[3]
The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location in Hawaii.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Reception
4.1 Awards and nominations
4.2 Box office
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
7.1 Movie reviews
7.2 DVD reviews
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.
Ross is caught in a love triangle with two women: childish, insensitive club singer Robin (Stella Stevens), and sweet Laurel (Laurel Goodwin). When Wesley Johnson (Jeremy Slate) makes advances on Laurel, Ross punches him out. Wesley owns the boat, so Ross thereby loses it. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be. Ross has to choose between her and Robin.
Cast
Elvis Presley as Ross Carpenter
Stella Stevens as Robin Gantner
Laurel Goodwin as Laurel Dodge
Jeremy Slate as Wesley Johnson
Benson Fong as Kin Yung
Robert Strauss as Sam Anderson
Ann McCrea as Mrs. Arthur Morgan (uncredited)
Jack Nitzsche as Piano Player in Lounge Band (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva as Arthur Morgan (uncredited)- Linda Rand as Village Woman (uncredited)
- Edward Sheehan as Ed-Man on Dock (uncredited)
Red West as Bongo-Playing Crewman on Tuna Boat (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Reception
A review in Variety wrote that the film put Presley "back into the non-dramatic, purely escapist light musical vein," adding, "Essentially, Presley plays himself in the breezy sea session. He handles the role capably, though one would hardly expect a hardened fisherman to be as soft, smooth and white as the one Presley depicts. The character has little depth, but he is pleasant."[5]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote in a fairly positive review that the songs were "strung very pleasantly on a story-line of disarming simplicity and bedded comfortably in a stretch of gently fizzing repartee."[6] Margaret Harford of the Los Angeles Times called it "no better or worse than previous Elvis epics."[7]
Awards and nominations
Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical at the 1963 ceremony. The winner that year was The Music Man.[8] Elvis Presley received a 2nd place Laurel Award for the best male performance in a musical for his acting role in this movie.[9]
Box office
Girls! Girls! Girls! earned $2,600,000 at the box office in the United States.[3]
See also
- List of American films of 1962
References
^ "Girls! Girls! Girls! - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 7, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Elvis' Film Opens Today". Los Angeles Times: Part IV, p. 6. November 21, 1962.
^ abc "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The Numbers. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
^ Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
^ "Girls! Girls! Girls!". Variety: 6, 16. November 7, 1962.
^ "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 30 (348): 8. January 1963.
^ Harford, Margaret (November 23, 1962). "Elvis Back in Form in 'Girls' Picture". Los Angeles Times: Part IV, p. 17.
^ HFPA - Nominations and Winners Archived December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Elvis Presley". IMDb.
External links
Elvis in Hawaii fansite.
Girls! Girls! Girls! on IMDb
Girls! Girls! Girls! at the TCM Movie Database
Girls! Girls! Girls! at AllMovie
Movie reviews
Review by Jamie Gillies at Apollo Movie Guide
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.
Categories:
- 1962 films
- English-language films
- 1960s musical comedy films
- 1960s romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American films
- American romantic musical films
- Films directed by Norman Taurog
- Films set in Hawaii
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films shot in Hawaii
- Films produced by Hal B. Wallis
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