Loving You

Loving You
Paramount, 1957, Color, 102 minutes
Released July, 1957

That voice, those eyes, those hips! The King is alive! When this film premiered in 1957, moviegoers could barely hear the dialogue due to the screaming and swooning of Elvis' frenzied fans. Now newly remastered for optimum sound and picture quality, Loving You stars a young Elvis Presley in his second feature. This semi-autobiographical tale - which boasts some of his most outstanding performances including "Teddy Bear" and "Loving You" - chronicles the King's meteoric rise to super-stardom. With his unique vocal style, smoldering sensuality and easy-going sex appeal to burn, Elvis shows why he will live forever!

Small-town gas station attendant Elvis Presley is pushed into stardom by promoter Lizabeth Scott as part of her ex-husband's country band. With Wendell Corey, Delores Hart and a cameo by Presley's mother, Gladys. This film echoes Elvis' real-life meteoric rise to stardom. In fact, it is somewhat biographical with some embellishment and added drama. Musically, it's one of Elvis' best!

In addition to the now-available soundtrack CD, an album (now on CD) entitled "Loving You" was released at the same time as the film. This album is not a soundtrack, but does include several of the songs from the film.

Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Associate Producer: Paul Nathan
Directed by: Hal Kanter
Assistant Director: James Rosenberger
Screenplay by: Herbert Baker and Hal Kanter
From a Story by: Mary Agnes Thompson ( "A Call From Mitch Miller" )
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Walter Scharf
Vocal Accompaniment: The Jordanaires
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Numbers Staged by: Charles O'Curran
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Albert Nozaki
Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
Costumes: Edith Head
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Hair Style Supervision: Nellie Manley
Sound Recording: Hugo and Charles Grenzbach
Special Effects: John P. Fulton
Director of Photography: Charles Lang
Filmed in Vistavision and Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Edited by: Howard Smith

Cast: Elvis Presley [Deke Rivers], Lizabeth Scott [Glenda Markle], Wendell Corey [Walker "Tex" Warner], James Gleason [Carl Meade], Ralph Dumke [Tallman], Paul Smith [Skeeter], Ken Becker [Wayne], Jana Lund [Daisy], And Introducing Dolores Hart [Susan Jessup], Additional Cast: The Jordanaires [Themselves], Yvonne Lime [Sally], Skip Young [Teddy], Vernon Rich [Harry Taylor], David Cameron [Castle], Grace Hayle [Mrs. Gunderson], Dick Ryan [Mack], Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton [O'Shea], Sydney Chatton [Grew], Jack Latham [TV Announcer], William Forrest [Mr. Jessup], Irene Tedrow [Mrs. Jessup], Hal K. Dawson [Lieutenant], Joe Forte [Editor], Almira Sessions [Woman], Madge Blake [Woman], Beach Dickerson [Glenn], Gail Lund [Candy], Harry Cheshire [Mayor], Gladys Presley [Extra in Audience]

Musical Program: [0:00] Loving You (sung by Elvis Presley behind titles); [0:07] Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:17] (Let's Have A) Party (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:19] (Let's Have A) Party(Let's Have A) Party (reprised by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:21] Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do / Hot Dog (short medley sung by Elvis behind traveling montage); [0:23] Lonesome Cowboy (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:29] Hot Dog (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:40] Mean-Woman Blues (sung by Elvis Presley, accompanied by the Jordanaires offscreen); [0:46] (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires); [1:03] Loving You (sung by Elvis Presley); [1:34] Loving You (ballad version, sung by Elvis Presley); [1:37] Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); Other miscellaneous excerpts of non-Elvis songs in background