IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR

It Happened at the World's Fair
MGM, 1963, Color, 105 minutes, **½
Released April, 1963

Charter pilot Mike Edwards (Elvis Presley) flies to the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle for some fun and relaxation. There, he falls in love with nurse Diane Warren (Joan O'Brien), becomes the custodian of lost waif Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu) and gets into a smuggling scrape with his business partner Danny (Gary Lockwood). The 1962 World's Fair makes a wonderful backdrop for this light-hearted Elvis fare.

Cute film, though it seems to drag a little at times. Joan O'Brien just doesn't seem to be Elvis' type. But little Vicky Tiu is quite an actress! The 1962 World's Fair brings back some memories of the early 1960s. Watch for a very young Kurt Russell, who kicks Elvis in the shin for a quarter!

Produced by: Ted Richmond
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Assistant Director: Al Jennings
Technical Advidor: Colonel Tom Parker
Written by: Si Rose and Seaman Jacobs
Music Score: Leith Stevens
Vocal Backgrounds by: The Jordanaires and The Mello Men
Musical Numbers Staged by: Jack Baker
Art Direction: George W. Davis and Preston Ames
Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton
Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor
Film Editor: Fredric Steinkamp

Cast: Elvis Presley [Mike Edwards], Joan O'Brien [Diane Warren], Gary Lockwood [Danny Burke], Vicky Tiu [Sue-Lin], H. M. Wynant [Vince Bradley], Edith Atwater [Miss Steuben], Guy Raymond [Barney Thatcher], Dorothy Green [Miss Ettinger], Kam Tong [Walter Ling], Yvonne Craig [Dorothy Johnson], Red West [Fred], Hal Riddle, Don Brodie, Sid Kane [Dice Players], John Indrisano [Poker Player], Kurt Russell [Boy], The Mellomen [Vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Beyond the Bend (sung by Elvis Presley onscreen in his airplane behind titles); [0:08] Relax (sung by Elvis Presley to Yvonne Craig); [0:21] Take Me to the Fair (sung by Elvis Presley to Vicky Tiu [with The Mello Men offscreen]); [0:35] They Remind Me Too Much of You (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:42] One Broken Heart for Sale (sung by Elvis Presley [with The Mello Men offscreen]; [0:54] I'm Falling in Love Tonight (sung by Elvis Presley atop the Space Needle); [1:02] Cotton Candy Land (sung by Elvis Presley to Vicky Tiu); [1:13] A World of Our Own (sung by Elvis Presley to Joan O'Brien); [1:20] How Would You Like to Be (sung and danced by Elvis Presley and Vicky Tiu); [1:42] Happy Ending (sung by Elvis Presley with Joan O'Brien and Marching Band)