The Trouble With Girls
Comedy, Drama, Musical
Warner Bros.  (1969) 99 mins G

5.3 (387 votes)
As American as the 4th of July, apple pie - and Elvis!

It's like a carnival midway and a week at some highfalutin, East Coast college all in one. The Chautauqua, a traveling 1927 tent show, has come to Radford Center, Iowa. And so has a heap of trouble.

In a change-of-pace role, Elvis Presley portrays Walter Hale, the white-suited impresario overseeing the Chautauqua's novelty acts, lectures and close harmonies. The supporting cast is as colorful as the film's vibrant Americana. Vincent Price's Mr. Morality holds forth on immorality. John Carradine appears as a nimble-minded Shakespearean actor. Marlyn Mason, Joyce Van Patten, Sheree North, Edward Andrews and Dabney Coleman also star. And Elvis sings as only he can, from the tender ballad Almost to the rousing traditional Swing Low Sweet Chariot and the untraditional rouser Clean Up Your Own...


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Cast and Crew
Elvis Presley  ......  Walter Hale
Vincent Price  ......  Mr. Morality
Sheree North  ......  Nita Bix
Joyce Van Patten  ......  Maude
Marlyn Mason  ......  Charlene
Edward Andrews  ......  Johnny
Director  .....  Peter Tewksbury
Producer  .....  Lester Welch; Wilson McCarthy
Writer  .....  Lois Peyser; Arnold Peyser; Mauri Grashin; Day Keene
Notes
Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Trivia:
First time this film was going to be filmed in 1959 with Glenn Ford. Production was delayed, and Elvis Presley was consider as co star. In 1964 Dick Van Dyke was consider for the leading role. (more)

Quotes:
Walter Hale: Sit down!
Charlene: Why?
Walter Hale: 'Y' is a crooked letter.
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