Boat builder sam burton gary merrill talks scott into driving his new boat in the big race. Although set in florida, only some secondunit stock footage was shot there including the prominent use of the miami marine stadium, where the climatic speedboat race was filmed, with california closeups of elvis and bill bixby cut in. We have all the documentation to show where elvis boat new in memphis in 1963. Elvis presley, annmargret, cesare danova, william demarest. He got married in las vegas on may 1, 1967, just four days after finishing his work on the picture. I met shelly fabares the day after i happened to catch this movie on tv and asked her about working with elvis.
Clambake was a watershed film in elvis presley s hollywood career. Over his alltoobrief lifetime, the king spent some of his wealth on a wide variety of cars. Carson bought the boat back from robert meacham this year. Another okay elvis movie, much like his other movies. Elvis biopic releae date set for fall 2021 hollywood. Elvis presley little sisterget back 290770 rehearsal version complete and with new audio duration.
Race car driver lucky jackson goes to las vegas to earn money to pay for a new engine for his motor car. Elvis presley scene from viva las vegas mgm 1964 timothysideburns. The 250mile race was held at miamis marine stadium, which was built for boat races, concerts and firework displays. A dash of thentrendy bossa nova is sped up and rendered unintelligible for. But it was clear early on that he would become a star. So when she zoomed past elvis, or perhaps a stunt driver doubling. Tvg 1h 39min comedy, musical 4 december 1967 usa the heir to an oil fortune trades places with a waterski instructor at a florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his fathers money. Several exterior florida scenes also have very conspicuous california mountains in the background.
Clambake was a watershed film in elvis presleys hollywood career. Clambake is another elvis presley movie, not much different from the rest. In honor of the 40th anniversary of his death, enjoy touring our new photo gallery of his top 10. I do not know where therawhide movie boat is, but i do have a friend of mine that that has elvis boat hound dog, it is a 1963 cris craft ski boat with inboard engine. And rollmusic rockmy musicman in blackmontreux jazz festivalfilm gifjohnny and june. Scott also decides to build a boat for a speedboat race thats going to take place in the hotel. Many viva las vegas filming sites remain unchanged las. All 57 elvis presley albums ranked, from worst to best.
Presley plays another romantically persistent boat worker in this movie, and we get another soundtrack of elvis exotica. This later elvis presley vehicle finds the king as a rich oilbaron willing to. With elvis presley, shelley fabares, will hutchins, bill bixby. As it often happens in elvis movies, his character gets the girl in the end after some songs, fights and, in this film, an exciting boat race. Elvis presley on the set of the film clambake in 1967 his hands. Elvis presents danny thomas with the yacht uss potomac to sell as a fund. Clambake is indeed awful, but its amusing and presleys star power is hard to refute. Gary merrill talks scott into driving his new boat in the big race.
Working as a waiter, he still finds the time to court young rusty martin. First of all, it was the last movie he made as a single man. With no time for testing before the race, he applies it to the boats hull and hopes it will hold the rawhide together. Then the timing and content of the film brought into question presleys continued relevance in the entertainment business. Clambake is a 1967 american musical film directed by arthur h. Virtually the entire film was shot in southern california resulting in the scene with the sun seemingly setting over the ocean in the east. Its 40 years since elvis presley tragically passed away at his home in graceland. A classical scene from arguably elvis best musical ever.
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