H4RUM.SC4RUM / H4R3M.H0L1D4Y (MOVIE - 1965 - 86 MINUTES) [RE-UP]

✩✩✩✩✩ EP'S NINEEENTH MOVIE! ✩✩✩✩✩
PLOT: Johnny Tyronne, American matinee idol, visits a country in the Middle East and is forced to help assassins who want to dethrone the king. To complicate matters, the star falls in love with Shalimar, the monarch's daughter.
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TRIVIA:
- Released in the United Kingdom as "Harem Holiday".
- shot on the original Cecil B. DeMille set from the film "The King of Kings", with additional footage shot on location at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles.
- Some of the film was based on Rudolph Valentino's 1921 movie "The Sheik".
- Upon hearing about the movie for the first time, Elvis loved the idea of his character as being similar to a sheik; eventually, he grew tired of the film because his character was made to look like a fool.
- Similar to Elvis' misconception of the script, Colonel Tom Parker thought the film was a comedy and suggested introducing a talking camel.
- The film reached #11 on the Variety national weekly box office chart, earned $2 million at the box office, and finished #40 on the year end list of the top-grossing films of 1965.
- It's listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book "The Official Razzie Movie Guide" as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
✩✩✩✩✩ Released November 24, 1965 ✩✩✩✩✩