A two page article from the December 1961 issue: I’m a big Elvis fan so this release is a personal favourite. This was one of the Elvis Presley features we picked up from Grand National, the contract had consisted of the western ‘Last Train from Gun Hill’ and six Elvis Presley films : ‘G.I. Blues’, ‘Blue Hawaii’, ‘Paradise Hawaiian Style’, ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’, ‘Fun in Acapulco’ and ‘King Creole’, all originally released by Paramount Pictures and all produced by Hal Wallis Productions.
The contract was unusual for the time, as one of the clauses stated that all titles must be released without cuts or edits! It was the final film of the contract to receive a release (although ‘Fun in Acapulco’ was never released, this may have been because of the cost). The title is no stranger to Super 8 with both Viscom and ourselves releasing the title full length and Ken films issuing a very popular 400′ digest.
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