Midway through the set, Elvis addressed the crowd. “Good evening ladies and gentlemen,” he said. Welcome to the big, freaky International Hotel with those weirdo dolls on the walls and those little funky angels on the ceiling — and, man, you ain’t seen nothing until you’ve seen a funky angel. Before the evening’s out, I’m […] More
Tuesday, February 4, 1958. Elvis was on the set of King Creole with a small fan, on the set of Paramount. The little boy would appear with Elvis in the cover photo of the book “Elvis a Humanitarian” By Paul Belard, and once again he shows us the most humanitarian side of Elvis, and the […] More
In the photo we see Elvis with little Ralph Lowe Jr., son of the owner of The Cotton Club. The boy imitates his idol, with his little guitar, before the sweet and smiling gaze of Elvis.One more example of how the children adored him and how the adoration was mutual. More
Chris is the son of Jans Kardemar, who at the time was the director of the AYA (American Youth Association) in Friedberg.Elvis used to visit Chris’s family. The little boy’s mother was like a second mother to Elvis. Apparently, she left a letter written for Elvis, and it was her wish that he open it […] More
May 1957.Elvis tells what that moment was like:“Actually, it took a long time to get this picture. We were standing on the set talking and the photographer came over and asked if we could hold each other around the waist and jump in the air laughing. He thought it would be a great picture. We […] More
Elvis, always in the mood for fun, puts on Colonel Parker’s hat as a joke. But the Colonel (in the foreground) ignores him.Elvis in this image, photographer Alfred Wertheimer tells us, was entertaining his fellow travelers with an amusing impersonation of Colonel Parker. He took the colonel’s hat, tilted it to one side and began […] More
It was the third and last movie that Elvis made in Hawaii. By agreeing to make this film, Colonel Parker hoped to replicate the success of the 1961 film Blue Hawaii.During the filming set, in the summer of 1965, a Hawaiian ceremony for Elvis took place.In the photo of the ceremony we see Elvis in […] More
In 1956 Elvis continued tirelessly with his concert tours.On Sunday, August 5, 1956 he gave two shows. One at 3:30 p.m. m and another at 8:15 in Tampa, Florida, at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory.In the photos we see him attending to reporters and fans.He was accompanied by his cousin Junior Smith. More
Elvis and his cousin Gene Smith at Loew’s State Theater on Main Street, Memphis, where Elvis worked for some time.The photo could date approximately from 1951-1952.Gene was Elvis’s cousin, they grew up together and had a strong friendship. In the early years, Elvis always turned to Gene as a traveling companion, accompanying him everywhere. They […] More