The Trouble with Girls

Starring:Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North, Edward Andrews, John Carradine, Anissa Jones, Vincent Price, Joyce Van Patten, Pepe Brown, Dabney Coleman, Bill Zuckert, Pitt Herbert, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Med Flory, Robert Nichols, Helene Winston, Kevin O'Neal, Frank Welker, John Rubinstein
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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refreshing new Elvis musical
Ignore the title
PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS THING!
Better than average Elvis vehicle
A Presley Film Worthy of Rediscovery

The Trouble with Girls
Starring: Elvis Presley , Marlyn Mason , Nicole Jaffe , Sheree North , and Edward Andrews
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B00027JYBM
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Customer Reviews:

refreshing new Elvis musical.......2006-05-14

A fun musical comedy, THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS isn't the usual Elvis Presley film but it's completely charming with it's faithful period recreation and fine supporting cast.

Presley plays Walter Hale, manager of the traveling "Chautauqua" tent-show, circa. 1927, who gets mixed up in the lives of the residents of the latest town to host the show. Hale finds himself falling in love with Charlene (Marlyn Mason), organiser of the children's activities; whilst trying to help local single mother Nita Bix (Sheree North) when she murders her nasty married boyfriend (Dabney Coleman). Presley's numbers include "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard".

It's certainly a lot better than some of the other Elvis films from the same period; and seeing Elvis in a more traditional musical is a great treat. Marlyn Mason, probably one of Presley's most formidable leading-ladies, is stunning (and her rendition of "Sign of the Zodiac" is a knockout). Nicole Jaffe (as the amorous hotel clerk), Vincent Price (eccentric speaker "Mr Morality"), John Carradine (as a colourful Shakespearian actor), Joyce van Patten (disgruntled former channel swimmer Maude) and Edward Andrews (as Hale's beleaguered assistant) are also fine. Fans of classic TV shows should keep an eye out for Anissa Jones ("Family Affair") and Susan Olsen ("The Brady Bunch").

Ignore the title.......2006-01-04

To start with, the film's title gives no indication whatsoever of the film's content, and can be seen as a cynical ploy to attract a greater box office audience. This may have been achieved (although whether The Trouble With Girls made money is debatable, as the sheer size of the cast, and the period costumes, vehicles and settings would have made this anything but a low-budget outing), but it was at the expense of the film's reputation. It is unfairly criticised among hardcore Elvis fans as a stinker among his movies, when in reality it is certainly one of the five best that he appears in. The King is cool, assured, and in control. And he looks better than ever.

It's easy to imagine many Elvis fans, expecting another Girl Happy type piece of fluff, might have been disillusioned having seen this picture. It is like no other Elvis film. The scenes involving Elvis in the first half of the film are quite sparse, yet virtually throughout the film is extremely "busy". It is one of the very few Elvis films that does not have a title song, and has only very few songs at all, but those that do appear are of excellent quality. There is no romantic interest for Elvis at all, even though there does appear to be some chemistry between the King and the cute and feisty Marlyn Mason (who comes close to stealing the show), to the point where they even have a snog at one stage, this aspect is not developed in the story. Just when you think Elvis has tamed the tigress, she's back screaming at him again.

In the first half of the film (on initial viewing) so many characters are introduced and so much is happening it is quite difficult to follow the main plot of the story.

The film veers into slapstick on several occasions, and some scenes are quite bizarre, such as the scene leading to the discovery of the body where a female long distance swimmer enters into a lengthy discourse on the advantages of axle grease over goose fat as a body coating.

There is so much happening in this film, it must be watched carefully, and I suspect would reward repeated viewings. Amusing elements abound. The awkward and frumpy young lady who literally falls over herself to be noticed by Elvis's character in order to get into the show (and succeeds in doing so) is a hoot. As too is Johnny, Elvis's co-manager, who seems to cause more trouble for the King than anyone else.

The period settings and constumes are immaculately executed.

This is one Elvis film you can get your teeth into.

PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS THING!.......2005-02-14

This is certainly the WORST movie that Elvis had anything to do with, unless you count the final televised which can be just as disturbing and difficult to watch at this "ATOMIC" bomb. I enjoyed SEEING the sweet little Anissa Jones, John Carradine, Dabney Coleman, and Vincent Price, but beyond that this movie is absolutely unbearable. Please avoid even VIEWING it. Bottom of the trash can, literally.

Better than average Elvis vehicle.......2005-01-10

I found this to be quite entertaining. What raises this above the usual dreadful Elvis movies is: the cast is better than average (Marlyn Mason, Dabney coleman, Sheree North, Vincent Price, etc.), the songs fit the context of the movie and there is quality not quantity (of songs). Elvis got mired in light musical comedy - more often than not it didn't work. If he had only made a few movies of this quality (and less like Paradise Hawaiian Style and Girls, Girls) I don't think his career would have suffered so much. I agree with another reviewer about the quality of the picture and disc - a good reissue. Worth checking out.

A Presley Film Worthy of Rediscovery.......2004-10-18

"The Trouble With Girls" (1969) is a hidden treasure in the genre known as Elvis Cinema. This charming, offbeat comedy-drama about a traveling medicine show is among Presley's finest. The 1920s setting is beautifully evoked and the supporting cast (including Sheree North, Edward Andrews, Vincent Price, John Carradine) is excellent. For once, Elvis is part of an acting ensemble and delivers a refreshingly mature performance. He also sings a standout rendition of "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" -- one of the few gospel numbers Elvis performed on film. Because of its misleading title, "The Trouble With Girls" remains one of Presley's most underrated and overlooked efforts.

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Release Date: 2007-08-07

Description

The manager of a traveling tent show in the 1920s gets into difficulties with girls, unions, ambitious local talent and a murder during a one-week stand in a modest sized midwestern town.

Elvis Triple Feature: Harum Scarum/Speedway/The Trouble With Girls

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Great movies!
Good price, but...

Elvis Triple Feature: Harum Scarum/Speedway/The Trouble With Girls
Starring: Michael Andretti , Christian Fittipaldi , Mario Andretti , Don Lyons , and Jeff Andretti
Director: Stephen Low , Gene Nelson , and Peter Tewksbury
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ASIN: B000HT38AI
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Description

A hunka-hunka burnin' excitement comes your way in three Elvis Presley movie romps. Former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley teams with rock's renowned King for the Arabian daze and nights of Harum Scarum (Disc 1/Side A). Next, these beauts are made for watchin' as go-go-booted Nancy Sinatra plays an IRS tax collector and Elvis portrays a top World 600 stock-car driver in Speedway (Disc 1/Side B). Finally, Presley takes on a change-of-pace role in The Trouble with Girls (Disc 2), starring as the white-suited impresario of a traveling 1927 tent show that brings its novelty acts, lectures and musical harmonies to Radford Center, Iowa. Songs, romance, Americana and co-stars Vincent Price and Sheree North - that's the kind of trouble we'd all like to have!

Customer Reviews:

Great movies!.......2007-03-25

Loved them at the movies as a kid and love them now too! Elvis is great sound quality is wonderful!

Good price, but..........2006-11-01

double sided disc?

I don't know... I don't like the idea of those discs.
They are bound to have more scratches, fingerprints and so on when you manipulate them.
When you put the disc back in the case, you will leave marks on the disc, unless you wear cotton gloves or something.

Apart from that, it's a GREAT deal, excellent price for 3 movies, if you don't already have them.
I'd give it 5 stars if the set was for 3 discs, and not 2 (one being double-sided)

Enjoy!
:)

Girl in Trouble / A Good Time with a Bad Girl / Bad Girls Do Cry (Something Weird)

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Treasure trove for historians

Girl in Trouble / A Good Time with a Bad Girl / Bad Girls Do Cry (Something Weird)
Starring: Neiomi Salitech , Tammy Clarke , Martin Smith (IV) , Bettina Johnson , and Ray Menard
Director: Brandon Chase , Sid Melton , and Barry Mahon
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Take Me Naked/A Thousand Pleasures

ASIN: B00029RSUO
Release Date: 2004-07-06

Description

There's Nothing as Good as a Girl Gone Bad! Wholesome Judy Collins becomes a Girl in Trouble when she defends her virtue by killing a man, then promptly loses that virtue by hiding out as a lingerie-model-turned-stripper! Wanting to experience "a taste of life" before marrying Johnny, her small-town sweetheart, Judy hitches a ride to New Orleans, kills a man who attacks her, and ends up washing blood off her brassiere in a flea-bag hotel: "Would I ever feel clean again?" On the advice of an old hooker, Judy takes a dubious modeling job only to get attacked again! Thinking things can't get any worse, she struts her stuff on the stage of the Club Flamingo when who should enter but her boyfriend Johnny.... Plus: On a trip to Las Vegas, a lonely middle-aged man hits the jackpot when he meets Susan, a young lady half his age, and has a Good Time with a Bad Girl. Though aware that she's "completely without morals," he's nevertheless shaken when they attend an orgy and Susan ends up in the sack next to a horny cowboy (Rollerball's John Beck) and a lesbian with a vibrator.... And: Sally Down (burlesque star Misty Ayers) proves that Bad Girls Do Cry when she's drugged, held prisoner, and forced to work in a whorehouse. Unfortunately, when All-American Tommy Cole tries to help her escape, a trigger-happy hood comes gunning for him and Tommy is forced into hiding... behind a telephone pole. Three girls, three features: lurid, sleazy, and downright hilarious!

Customer Reviews:

Treasure trove for historians.......2006-02-20

I think it is great that old exploitation flicks like these are being preserved. They have documentary value and show how specific sites and moral values change. The three cheaply made movies are of a sordid quality that fits their content to perfection. They show stuffy, claustrophobic interiors and more and less glamorous locations in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Southern California. Violence and nudity are mild compared with what is current standard nowadays. The movies share a female point of view and give (probably without intention) an insight into the conditions of young women before the sexual liberation.

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