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- Elvis_Presley_filmography abstract "Elvis Presley (1935–1977) was an American actor and singer who achieved initial success with "That's All Right" on Sun Records, and as a performer on the Louisiana Hayride. He came to the attention Hank Snow's former manager Colonel Tom Parker, who convinced RCA Records to sign him. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released on the RCA label January 27, 1956, and led to guest appearances on national television shows. Presley appeared in 33 feature films. He admired actors such as James Dean and Marlon Brando, and reportedly paid close attention to their performing styles. On March 26, 1956, he did a screen test for Paramount Pictures for a supporting role in The Rainmaker. Although not chosen for that film, he signed a seven-year contract with producer Hal Wallis who loaned him out to 20th Century Fox for his feature film debut in Love Me Tender. The commercial success of the soundtrack became the benchmark for the release of three more Presley film vehicles over the next twenty months. Loving You, Jailhouse Rock and King Creole were relatively dramatic story lines centering around Presley as musical entertainer. He was granted a deferment from being drafted into military service in order to complete his film commitment to King Creole. Following a two-year enlistment serving with the United States Army in Germany, Presley returned to the United States in 1960 to star in the musical G.I. Blues. Presley at first insisted on pursuing more serious roles, but when two films in a more dramatic vein — Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961) — were less commercially successful, he reverted to the formula that has been called "Elvis films" and a genre unto themselves. According to biographer Jerry Hopkins, the songs seemed to be "written on order by men (including Ben Weisman, who wrote and composed no fewer than fifty-seven distinct selections specifically for Presley) who never really understood Elvis or rock and roll." Indeed, for Blue Hawaii, "fourteen songs were cut in just three days."The most successful of his films during this period was Viva Las Vegas. The combined talent and chemistry of Presley and his co-star Ann-Margret, and the choreography of David Winters of "West Side Story" fame, returned more than $5 million to MGM, more than double the average gross on most other Presley films of that decade. For all that, Presley's films were indeed commercially successful, and he "became a film genre of his own."Presley left Hollywood after playing a doctor in the drama Change of Habit and returned to performing live in 1969. Following the success of his sold-out tours and Las Vegas shows, he allowed cameras to film him in concert and backstage in the early 1970s. One of these films, Elvis on Tour, won the 1973 Golden Globe award for best documentary. Presley's last two theatrical films were concert documentaries in the early 1970s. In 1974 he lost the opportunity to co-star with Barbra Streisand in a big-budget remake of A Star Is Born when Parker raised a series of objections.".
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