TV Guide: King Creole

Video: King Creole

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:34:57 -0500

Elvis Presley delivers one of his finest early performances in King Creole. Elvis plays a teenager named Danny Fisher, who is forced to drop out of school to help support his ineffective father (Dean Jagger). Drawn to trouble like a magnet, Danny is saved from a jail term by New Orleans salloonkeeper Charlie Le Grand (Paul Stewart), who gives the boy a job as a singer. It isn't long, however, before local gang boss Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau), a shadowy figure from Danny's criminal past, puts the muscle on the boy, insisting that Danny sing at his establishment. To lure Danny to his side of the fence, Maxie relies upon the seductive charms of his gun moll Ronnie (Carolyn Jones), while Danny's true love Nellie (Dolores Hart) suffers on the sidelines. In addition to the expected musical numbers (which are cleverly integrated into the storyline), the film's highlight is a brief exchange of fisticuffs between Elvis and Walter Matthau. Together with Jailhouse Rock, King Creole is one of t

Video: King Creole -- (Movie Clip) Crawfish

TCM — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:48:05 -0500

Maybe the best opening ever to an Elvis movie, Elvis (as Danny Fisher) sings "Crawfish" by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman from a French Quarter balcony with support from Kitty White in King Creole, 1958.

Video: King Creole -- (Movie Clip) Lover Doll

TCM — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:36:38 -0500

Elvis (as Danny Fisher) provides diversion performing "Lover Doll" by Sid Wayne and Abner Silver while his pals rob a dime-store and Danny meets the dreamy Nellie (Dolores Hart) in King Creole, 1958.