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To commemorate the Featured Film Blog for the month of August, ELVIS, I have gathered My Top Ten Elvis Presley Movies! If you’re looking for trouble, you came to the right place, have a look at my favorite films starring the King of Rock and Roll‘!

The Trouble with Girls, starring, Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Sheree North, Edward Andrews, Vincent Price, and Joyce Van Patten, directed by Peter Tewksbury, screenplay by Arnold and Lois Peyser, based on "Chautauqua" by Day Keene and Dwight V. Babcock, produced by Lester Welch at and for Metro Goldwyn Meyer, cinematography by Jacques R. Marquette, editing by Al Clark, with music by Billy Strange. (MGM 1969)
Speedway, starring Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, and Bill Bixby; directed by Norman Taurog; written by Phillip Shuken; produced by Douglas Laurence for and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg; edited by Richard W. Farrell with music by Jeff Alexander. (MGM 1968)
Blue Hawaii, starring Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, and Nancy Walters; directed by Norman Taurog; screenplay by Hal Kanter, story by Allen Weiss; Produced by Hal Wallis for and at Paramount Pictures; cinematography by Charles Lang Jr.; edited by Terry O. Morse; with music by Joseph J. Lilley. (Paramount 1961)
Love Me Tender, starring Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, and Neville Brand; directed by Robert D. Webb; screenplay by Robert Buckner; story by Maurice Geraghty; produced by David Weisbart; music by Lionel Newman; and distributed by 20th Century Fox. (1956) (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns)
G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley, and Juliet Prowse; directed by Norman Taurog; written by Edmund Beloin, and Henry Garson; produced by Hal B. Wallis for and by Paramount Pictures; cinematography by Loyal Griggs; edited by Warren Low; and music by Music by	Joseph J. Lilley. (Paramount 1960)
Change of Habit, starring Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, and Jane Elliot; directed by William A. Graham; screenplay by James Lee, S.S. Schweitzer, and Eric Bercovici; story by John Joseph and Richard Morris; produced by Joe Connelly; music by Billy Goldenberg, Buddy Kaye, and Ben Weisman; produced by NBC Productions; distributed by Universal Pictures. (1969) (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns)
Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, and Nicky Blair; directed by George Sydney, screenplay by Sally Benson; produced by Jack Cummings and George Sydney for and at Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc; edited by John McSweeney, Jr.; and music by George E. Stoll. (MGM 1964)
Poster for "ELVIS: '68 Comeback" Photo Credit: IMDB
King Creole, starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, and Vic Morrow; directed by Michael Curtiz; screenplay by Herbert Baker and Michael V. Gazzo; based on A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins; produced by Hal B. Wallis for and at Paramount Pictures; cinematography by Russell Harlan; edited by Warren Low, and music by Music by	Walter Scharf. (paramount 1958)
Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor, and Jennifer Holden; directed by Richard Thorpe; screenplay by Guy Trosper; story by Nedrick Young; Produced by Pandro Berman for and at Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; cinematography by Robert J. Bronner; edited by Ralph E. Winters; with music by Jeff Alexander. (MGM 1957)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten Elvis Presley Movies! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

Backstage before his second appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," Elvis Presley adjusts his hair as Sullivan talks to Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, October 28, 1956, in New York City.  CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES
Backstage before his second appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Elvis Presley adjusts his hair as Sullivan talks to Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, October 28, 1956, in New York City. CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES

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