KING CREOLE

King Creole
Paramount, 1958, B/W, 115 minutes, ***
Released July, 1958

One of Elvis Presley's finer acting roles came in this drama based on a novel by Harold Robbins. Elvis plays a singing busboy in New Orleans who gets a job from gangster Walter Matthau as a singer in a mob-owned nightclub. With Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, Vic Morrow; songs include "Hard-Headed Woman," "Crawfish" and the title tune.

Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Associate Producer: Paul Nathan
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Assistant Director: D. Michael Moore
Screenplay by: Herbert Baker and Michael Vincente Gazzo
Based upon the Novel: A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins
Music Adapted and Scored by: Walter Scharf
Vocal Accompaniment by: The Jordanaires
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Song Score: Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
Musical Numbers Staged by: Charles O'Curran
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph MacMillan Johnson
Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Frank McKelvy
Costumes: Edith Head
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Hair Style Supervision: Nellie Manley
Sound Recording by: Harold Lewis and Charles Grenzbach
Special Effects: John P. Fulton
Director of Photography: Russell Harlan
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Editorial Supervision: Warren Low

Cast: Elvis Presley [Danny Fisher], Carolyn Jones [Ronnie], Dolores Hart [Nellie], Dean Jagger [Mr. Fisher], Liliane Montevecchi ["Forty" Nina], Walter Matthau [Maxie Fields], Jan Shepard [Mimi Fisher], Paul Stewart [Charlie LeGrand], Vic Morrow [Shark], Fred Winston [Shark's Brother], Brian Hutton [Sal], Jack Grinnage [Dummy], Dick Winslow [Eddie Burton], Raymond Bailey [Mr. Evans], Ned Glass [Hotel Desk Clerk], John Indrisano [Collector], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Turtles, Berries and Gumbo (sung by street vendors in opening scene); [0:03] Crawfish (sung by Elvis Presley and Kitty White); [0:09] Steadfast, Loyal and True (sung a capella by Elvis Presley); [0:23] Lover Doll (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:31] Trouble (I'm Evil) (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:50] Banana (sung and danced by Liliane Montevecchi); [0:54] Dixieland Rock (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:58] Young Dreams (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:08] New Orleans (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:17] Hard Headed Woman (excerpt sung by Elvis Presley); [1:18] King Creole (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:30] Don't Ask Me Why (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:53] As Long As I Have You (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)