Publicity still for King Creole, 1958.

Elvis and Dolores Hart in King Creole, 1958.

vinceveretts:

55 years ago today ▸ March 24, 1958. Elvis is inducted into the U.S. Army at the Memphis Draft Board.

“King Creole” trailer, 1958.

heartburnmotel:

Elvis in a publicity still for King Creole, c. 1958

vinceveretts:

Dolores Hart gave me a surprise birthday party, all the kids from Paramount Studio was there. It was a big surprise to me. I was there for about ten minutes and in walks Elvis with the boys. He has this huge stuffed tiger under his arm […] and he named it Danny Boy. He gave me this big box, for weeks I had been asking Elvis for pictures that I could give the kids in  my neighborhood. When they had heard I was doing a picture with him, they all pleaded for photos of him. So I would always ask him for pictures for the kids. […] So he hands me this box and I placed it off to the side, he said “Oh no you need to open that now”. So I opened it and it was a movie camera with a light bar and film. He said “Now you can take your pictures”. — Jan Shepard. [x]

Home movie of Jan Shepard’s birthday party, February 22, 1958.

Elvis and Dolores Hart in King Creole, 1958.

heartburnmotel:

Elvis playing in the snow, in Friedberg, Germany, c. 1958.

vinceveretts:

Question: A group of people don’t sort of approve of the thing you do. They seem to think that it contributes to juvenile delinquency and all sorts of things. Do you have any thoughts about the unpopular side of your audience?

Elvis: Yes, sir, I have. I’ve tried to figure it out. I don’t see how they could think that it would contribute to juvenile delinquency, someone’s only singing and dancing. I don’t see that. Because if there’s anything I’ve tried to do, I’ve tried to live a straight clean life and not set any kind of a bad example. I will say that there are people that are gonna like you and people that don’t like you regardless of what business you’re in or what you do. You cannot please everyone. 

Press conference at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York, September 22, 1958.