Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.

Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley.   "Return to Sender", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie.  I told you I was going to watch an Elvis movie.  I needed a change a pace after the incredibly bad movies I watched over Thanksgiving.  I started feeling like a turkey.

 A lot of people remember fat and strung out Elvis.  But young Elvis was fucking cool jack.  Elvis (Ross Carpenter), plays a fishing guide.  Unfortunately the old couple that owns his boat are retiring and selling the boat.  Elvis needs to find a way to buy the boat....and he won't take hand outs jack.  The lovely Stella Stevens (Robin Gantner) plays a singer in a night club that Ross frequents. He also sings at the club from time to time.  And boy can that Elvis belt out a song...he'll grab a guitar anywhere and burst into song.  Even out on his boat fishing for tuna. At the same time Ross has feeling for (Laurel Dodge), played by Laurel Goodwin. Who will he choose?  The problems poor Elvis has.

I'm mother fucking Elvis and you're not.

Elvis isn't believable for a second as a fisherman.  But he does a decent job in this film with his acting.  He basically plays the same dude in all of his films....a somewhat mischievous yet good natured and wholly independent working class Joe that can sing his ass off. (who never accepts handouts Jack) 

Like most Elvis films, this one includes cornball comedy, bad dialogue, and some fighting.  But Elvis seems to have more energy in this film.  The scenes with Jeremy Slate and Elvis are particularly entertaining and I was glad when Elvis whipped his ass.  Elvis even has a song on a boat about seafood.  It's not a bad film and is pretty entertaining for what it is.  Don't expect The Godfather.

I don't take hand outs Jack.

Trivia:

The only one of Elvis Presley's feature film to be nominated for a Golden Globe award.

In the film Elvis Presley performs his only tango song, "The Walls Have Ears". 

Stella Stevens did not want to do this movie and was nearly suspended by Paramount. Her protests hurt her relationship with the studio. She has stated several times that she refuses to watch this film.

According to "The Book of Lists 2" by Irving Wallace et. al., this was the most widely televised of all Elvis Presley's films. 

In a scene featuring Elvis and Laurel Goodwin outside the Pirates Den, 2 movie posters can be seen featuring Blue Hawaii (1961) - starring Elvis Presley.

Working titles have included: "A Girl in Every Port," "Welcome Aboard" and "Gumbo Ya-Ya."

After making a couple of films with United Artists, namely Follow That Dream (1962) and _Kid Galahad_, Elvis Presley returned to Paramount. Although the United Artists films had been well received by the critics, the box office was down on his previous Paramount entries. So, a conscious decision was made to return to the formula of the old Paramount films.

A dreamboat of a drama.