Loving You (1957)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Hal Kanter

Writers:

Herbert Baker (screenplay)
Hal Kanter (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 July 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

You'll Love Loving You

Plot:

Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician...

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Gas Station Attendant | Elvis Presley | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Elvis Presley	...	Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers)
Lizabeth Scott	...	Glenda Markle
Wendell Corey	...	Walter (Tex) Warner
Dolores Hart	...	Susan Jessup
James Gleason	...	Carl Meade
Ralph Dumke	...	Jim Tallman
Paul Smith	...	Skeeter
Kenneth Becker	...	Wayne (as Ken Becker)
Jana Lund	...	Daisy Bricker
Grace Hayle	...	Mrs. Gunderson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hugh Jarrett	...	Jordanaires
Gary Troy	...	Dancer

Also Known As:

Running Wild (USA) (pre-release title)
Something for the Girls (USA) (working title)
The Lonesome Cowboy (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:Approved (certificate #16530) | UK:U | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The Italian title of the movie, "Amami Teneramente", literally translates as "Love Me Tender", which is of course the title of Elvis' first movie (known in Italy as "Fratelli Rivali" i.e. "Rival Brothers").

Quotes:

Wayne: [Wayne has goaded Deke into singing at the Buckhorn Tavern... Deke sings to keep peace, he turns to Wayne after he's finished] Well, you ain't bad, sideburns.
Jimmy Tompkins: Now tell me what it is you do for a living.
Wayne: I work with my old man in auto accessories, why?
Jimmy Tompkins: Well, I usually get paid for singin' as a rule. And I figure you oughta do whatever it is you do for me. So how 'bout steppin' outside and puttin' a new set of seatcovers on my car, huh?
Wayne: Why sure, sideburns! What color you want?
[turns to the people at his table]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)

Soundtrack:

(Let's Have A) Party

Loving You uncovers a lot of Elvis Presley's charm in only his second movie

In honor of The King of Rock 'n' Roll's untimely death nearly 30 years ago, I've decided to check out some of his movies like this second one he made called Loving You. In this one, he plays Deke Rivers who was just making some deliveries when a woman (Lizabeth Scott) inquires if there's a singer around. Guess who gets picked! Along the way, Deke meets her bandleader ex-husband (Wendell Corey) and the female vocalist (Dolores Hart). The movie follows the road tours that lead to some big breaks despite some troubles with some teenage girls and their jealous boyfriends looking for a fight. Elvis shows great charisma throughout and has smoldering chemistry with Ms. Scott and a charmingly sincere one with Ms. Hart. It threatens to get corny at the end with a happy ending for all but it plays very believably for the more innocent time that it was filmed in. Certainly Loving You is more preferable to some of the more sillier movies he made in the 60s. Great songs like the title one and "Teddy Bear" abound. Look for Presley's parents, Gladys and Vernon, in the finale.