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No Presley movie ever lost money. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra - none of them could go anywhere near the earning power of Presley when it came to the box office. And yet, in the years to come, Presley would grow bitter.
Red remembers: "He would sometimes see himself in a movie and he would get disgusted. He would say, 'Who is that fast-talking hillbilly sonofabitch that nobody can understand? One day he is singing to a dog, then to a car, then to a cow. They are all the same damned movies with that Southerner just singing to something different.'"
-- Steve Dunleavy, "Elvis: What Happened?"
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Yet, at least three-quarters of the movies are enjoyable, and the magic of his singing gives these movies the power to transcend their era. Elvis is one of a kind, the first and greatest superstar.
No Presley movie ever lost money. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra - none of them could go anywhere near the earning power of Presley when it came to the box office. And yet, in the years to come, Presley would grow bitter.
Red remembers: "He would sometimes see himself in a movie and he would get disgusted. He would say, 'Who is that fast-talking hillbilly sonofabitch that nobody can understand? One day he is singing to a dog, then to a car, then to a cow. They are all the same damned movies with that Southerner just singing to something different.'"
-- Steve Dunleavy, "Elvis: What Happened?"
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Yet, at least three-quarters of the movies are enjoyable, and the magic of his singing gives these movies the power to transcend their era. Elvis is one of a kind, the first and greatest superstar.
