Loving You (1957)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Hal Kanter

Writers:

Herbert Baker (screenplay)
Hal Kanter (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 July 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

You'll Love Loving You

Plot:

Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician...

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Gas Station Attendant | Elvis Presley | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Elvis Presley	...	Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers)
Lizabeth Scott	...	Glenda Markle
Wendell Corey	...	Walter (Tex) Warner
Dolores Hart	...	Susan Jessup
James Gleason	...	Carl Meade
Ralph Dumke	...	Jim Tallman
Paul Smith	...	Skeeter
Kenneth Becker	...	Wayne (as Ken Becker)
Jana Lund	...	Daisy Bricker
Grace Hayle	...	Mrs. Gunderson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hugh Jarrett	...	Jordanaires
Gary Troy	...	Dancer

Also Known As:

Running Wild (USA) (pre-release title)
Something for the Girls (USA) (working title)
The Lonesome Cowboy (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:Approved (certificate #16530) | UK:U | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Elvis Presley's parents Vernon Presley and Gladys Presley were cast as audience members in this film. After Gladys died Elvis never watched it again, saying it hurt too much to see his mother on screen.

Quotes:

Skeeter: [to the band] Give him a little boogie-woogie, that'll get him started.
[Band starts playing "Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do"]
Skeeter: Yeah, now go, Deke, GO!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)

Soundtrack:

Loving You

Very entertaining

Loving You (1957) was Elvis' second movie and his only one of the 1950s to be shot in colour.

Elvis plays Deke Rivers, an orphaned truck driver who becomes a nationwide singing sensation in a very short space of time. The phenomenal reaction of the fans to his stage performances, the jealous boyfriends, the finger-wagging older generation, the pushy manipulative manager...all this was a mirror-image of what happened to him in real life.

He looks magnificent, particularly in jeans and with his newly-dyed jet black hair. The songs are mostly strong...hard rockers like Party and Got A Lot O' Living To Do, the gentle rocker 'Teddy Bear' and the ballad title track.

Lizabeth Scott as his manager puts in an excellent performance. A film noir veteran of the 1940s, this was her swansong, as the powers that be couldn't abide her lifestyle.

Trivia : In the closing number, Elvis' parents Gladys and Vernon can be clearly seen in the audience. Elvis exchanges a meaningful glance with his mom as he dances past her. Sadly, Elvis could never bring himself to watch this movie again after she died just a year later.