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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, you’ve come to the wrong place. If you’re looking for trouble, don’t look in my face or keep reading. This is a relatively brief and rather unrevealing review of a relatively long and complex movie that tells you little about the events or effects in the movie—hence, no spoilers. [Continue reading]
ELVIS PRESLEY’S FUTURE hung on the decision he made in early 1969 on where to record. He could return to RCA’s studio in Nashville, home to most of his big hits of the early ’60s. But there he risked falling back into the patterns that led to the disappointing hits of the past few years. [Continue reading]
ELVIS HELD A RARE PRESS CONFERENCE on August 1, 1969, to celebrate his return to live performing. The get-together was held at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, where Elvis had played the night before to an invitation-only audience that included Ed Ames, Paul Anka, Burt Bacharach, Shirley Bassey, Pat Boone, Dick Clark, Petula Clark, Angie Dickinson, George Hamilton, Wayne Newton, and former flame Ann-Margret. [Continue reading]