V1V4.L4S.V3G4S / L0V3.1N.L4S.V3G4S (MOVIE - 1964 - 85 MINUTES) [RE-UP]

✩✩✩✩✩ EP'S FIFTEENTH MOVIE! ✩✩✩✩✩
PLOT: Talented race car driver Lucky Jackson wants to make enough money in Las Vegas to get a new car so he can win the Grand Prix. When he meets sexy swim instructor Rusty, he considers staying there longer. After Lucky loses his winnings at the hotel, he is forced to stay in Las Vegas to earn back his money, but now he also wants to win Rusty's heart.
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TRIVIA:
- In Great Britain, both the film and its soundtrack were sold as "Love in Las Vegas", since there was another, different film called "Viva Las Vegas" that was being shown in British cinemas at the same time that Presley's was released;
- The chemistry between the two stars was genuine during filming, and Presley and Ann-Margret began an affair that received considerable attention from film and music gossip columnists;
- The filming reportedly produced unusually heated exchanges between the director George Sidney, and Presley's manager, Colonel Parker, who ended up not credited as a "Technical Advisor" in the film's credits;
- The arguments reportedly concerned the amount of time and effort allotted to the song and dance numbers that featured Ann-Margret, ostensibly on the orders of the director;
- Because the film went over budget, Parker would slash budgets for all remaining films in Presley's career;
- Little Church of the West, the oldest wedding chapel in Las Vegas, is the location used in the closing scene;
- The scene where Presley sings "Viva Las Vegas" is performed in one single unedited shot, the only known example of such a technique in Presley's film career;
- For his role, Elvis Presley received a third place prize 1965 Laurel Award for Best Male Performance in a Musical Film.
✩✩✩✩✩ Released May 20, 1964 ✩✩✩✩✩