Elvis in San Diego, CA. June 6th 1956.
Elvis in Tampa, Florida, August 5, 1956.
Elvis in publicity photo for “Jailhouse Rock”, 1957.
I know I’ve been lucky in an awful lot of ways. But I think the luckiest thing that ever happened to me is that I’m beginning to realize my biggest ambition.All of my life, I’ve wanted to be an actor, though I never was in any school plays or recited a line other than the Gettysburg Address for my sixth-grade homeroom class. But always sticking in the back of my head was the idea that somehow, someday, I’d like to get the chance to act. I came out to Hollywood almost three months ago, and Mr. Hal Wallis of Paramount Pictures asked me to take a screen test. I jumped at the chance. I went in to take the test and Mr. Wallis told me not to worry about trying to act like John Barrymore or anybody. He told me to just act like myself. I studied up on what they wanted me to do, and then before I knew it I was in front of the camera. I wonder if you can ever know what it’s like to be standing in a movie sound stage and hear a bell ring and people shout “Quiet”, and then all of a sudden realize that everyone’s watching you, and you’re supposed to be acting out a part. I’ll tell you, it’s enough to make your legs slide out from under you.
Interwiew with Elvis on August 28, 1956 at the 20th Century-Fox studios, Hollywood, California.
Photo: Elvis on the set of ‘Love Me Tender’.
Elvis and Priscilla marry, May 1, 1967.
The press conference was going well and we were more at ease. His good looks, charisma and quick wit captivated the reporters, just as it did his audiences, his colleagues on a movie set, and his friends and fans; Elvis was being Elvis. —Priscilla Presley
46 years ago today ▸ May 1st, 1967. Elvis and Priscilla get married in Las Vegas.
Elvis being interviewed as he arrives in California to film G.I. Blues, c. April 20, 1960.
Elvis Presley on set of ‘Jailhouse Rock’, 1957.
Elvis getting a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop in Memphis, July 1956. Photo by Lloyd Shearer.
45 years ago today ▸ April 6, 1968. Tom Jones, Priscilla and Elvis backstage at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas .
Well, it’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go!
Elvis Presley performing Blue Suede Shoes, 1956
