Elvis westerns
Posted: July 30th, 2009, 11:33 am
IMO Elvis Presley had the potential to be a great western hero
I was surprised after not seeing the film in many yrs at how good Love Me Tender was. Admittedly it was only IMO B movie standard, but I also think of it as think of it as a Richard Egan/Debra Paget movie with Elvis, iimpressive in his first film in a supporting role.
Sadly the one that got away was Rio Bravo. While in the army, Ricky Nelson was cast as the gunslinging pal of John Wayne.
Flaming Star is IMO a minor classic with Elvis as a halfbreed Indian, who sees his Indian mother killed by whites and his white skinned father by Indians
don't know if you would class Wild In The Country as a modern day western, but it was IMO a good film with Elvis playing a part similiar to Sinatra in Some Came Running.
Stay Away Joe is a decent comedy western with Burgess Merideth and Katy Jaurdo
Charro saw an improvement from the ropey films Elvis was making in the mid 60s. Had he been allowed to make films like this and FS I think he would have been thought of as an actor in the Sinatra and Dean Martin class.
I was surprised after not seeing the film in many yrs at how good Love Me Tender was. Admittedly it was only IMO B movie standard, but I also think of it as think of it as a Richard Egan/Debra Paget movie with Elvis, iimpressive in his first film in a supporting role.
Sadly the one that got away was Rio Bravo. While in the army, Ricky Nelson was cast as the gunslinging pal of John Wayne.
Flaming Star is IMO a minor classic with Elvis as a halfbreed Indian, who sees his Indian mother killed by whites and his white skinned father by Indians
don't know if you would class Wild In The Country as a modern day western, but it was IMO a good film with Elvis playing a part similiar to Sinatra in Some Came Running.
Stay Away Joe is a decent comedy western with Burgess Merideth and Katy Jaurdo
Charro saw an improvement from the ropey films Elvis was making in the mid 60s. Had he been allowed to make films like this and FS I think he would have been thought of as an actor in the Sinatra and Dean Martin class.