Girls! Girls! Girls!

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Girls! Girls! Girls!

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Norman Taurog
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Screenplay by Edward Anhalt
Story by Allan Weiss
Starring
Music by Joseph J. Lilley
Cinematography Loyal Griggs
Edited by Stanley E. Johnson
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • November 21, 1962 (1962-11-21) (USA)
Running time
106 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2,600,000 (USA)[1][2]

Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 Golden Globe-nominated American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie. The movie opened at #6 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at #31 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962. The movie earned $2.6 million at the box office.[1]

The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location in Hawaii.

Plot

Elvis Presley plays Ross Carpenter, a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he built with his father.

Ross is caught in a love triangle with two women: childish, insensitive club singer Robin (Stella Stevens), and sweet Laurel (Laurel Goodwin). When Wesley Johnson (Jeremy Slate) makes advances on Laurel, Ross punches him out. Wesley owns the boat, so Ross thereby loses it. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be. Ross has to choose between her and Robin.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

Awards and nominations

Box office

Girls! Girls! Girls! earned $2,600,000 at the box office in the United States.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The Numbers. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  2. Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
  3. HFPA - Nominations and Winners
  4. Elvis Presley-Awards.

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