![]() ![]() The only difference is that when Elvis sings (and shows off his lacquered hair), you're transferred out of the era of the setting of the story and right back into a dress- up party in 1966. ![]() Even the traditional musical films of that time had modern elements the ones here had been in use in the mid to late 1930's. If I look at this as one of the many non MGM musicals of the early 1950's, I could have tolerated the simplistic atmosphere that was out of step in 1966. I wish that they had predicted that co-star Harry Morgan wouldn't sing, and proved to be right. It's all about the issues between singing gambler Elvis, his long suffering girlfriend Donna Douglas and the threats of a gypsy prediction. It's a period song and dance musical set aboard a show boat seems instantly dated, and Elvis seems way ahead of it in time period. Seen 50 years after its premiere, this 1966 movie musical seems like something that Mickey and Judy would have done in 1943, that Doris Day and Gordan MacRae would have done in 1950, and that Gordon would have turned down in 1956 for a reunion with Shirley Jones. Reviewed by mark.waltz 5 / 10 If it wasn't for Elvis, this would have been 20 years too late. ![]()
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