Love Me Tender [VHS]

Love Me Tender [VHS]
by Robert D. Webb

Love Me Tender [VHS]

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Actor: Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Robert Middleton, William Campbell
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler
Producer: David Weisbart
Writer: Maurice Geraghty
Writer: Robert Buckner
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 89 minutes
Release Date: 1997-04-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox

VHS Movie Reviews of Love Me Tender [VHS]

Movie Review: Elvis Love Me Tender
Summary: 5 Stars

DVD came as described. It is a gift for a Dear Friend who loves Elvis as I do. Have to say I wish it were mine :)Thank you for it.

Movie Review: Still a thrill for Elvis fans of any age!
Summary: 5 Stars

Love Me Tender was a milestone for Elvis and pop-culture in general. Of course, it's a very entertaining film -- even if you're not enamored of The King. For me, it brings memories back of a long-ago trek into Manhattan with my family to see Elvis up there on The Big Screen! What an event! I was quite young, but old enough to realize I was seeing something (and someone) quite special.

It was a lifetime ago, but I still recall a young lady sitting in front of us at the Paramount Theater yelling out, "Oh, Elvis... Please don't die, Elvis!" That was the impact he had on us in Love Me Tender, and it's the impact he had on us all his life.

Love Me Tender is not to be missed, and most definitely belongs in the collection of any Elvis fan. For us, The King never will die.

Movie Review: This is where Elvis Presley's movie career really began!
Summary: 5 Stars

Thursday, November 15th, 1956, was a rather interesting occasion; because, it was on this date that the educational system of New York City suffered a very unusual setback. It seems as though thousands of young teenage girls who had attended classes that very morning had suddenly vanished; like they had just disappeared off the face of the earth. Well, what the school authorities did not know that the young girls did know about was that they had snuck off to the historic Paramount movie theater in the heart of Times Square in New York to be among the first to actually witness a screening of Elvis Presley's very first feature film debut. A very large cardboard cut-out was seen placed atop of the theater's marquee, covered by a sheet of canvas. When the canvas was removed, the image revealed was that of Elvis Presley, smiling while strumming his guitar. Naturally, the girls all went crazy when this happened. This was an elaborate publicity scheme masterminded by Elvis' manager Col. Tom Parker. Originally released during the 1956 Thanksgiving holiday season, "Love Me Tender" quickly recovered its 1-and-a-half million dollar investment costs within less than three days in the cinemas. This was not only Elvis' screen debut; it was also the first and only time in his film career in which he recieved co-star billing. The movie was originally titled "The Reno Brothers". However, due to the rise in Elvis' overwhelming popularity, the studio decided to change the film's title. This was intended to capatalize on the film's title song, which eventually became another number one hit for Presley. The movie itself wound up becoming the second-highest grossing film of the year 1956, behind "Giant" starring Rock Hudson and James Dean. Elvis would follow this film with 3 more during the 50s: "Loving You", "Jailhouse Rock" and "King Creole". Shortly thereafter, he would go on to serve a 2-year stint in the United States Army overseas in Germany. Elvis himself had a very unique on-screen presence that helped to make him one of the most original personalities in the history of popular entertainment. Many people have thoroughly enjoyed his film career, which spans a total of 33 motion pictures. "Love Me Tender" is a truly classic movie with a brilliant stand-out performance from Elvis Presley, highlighted by 4 songs on the film's soundtrack. If you are a fan of the king, then this is one film event that you will most definitely enjoy. His 4 films from the 50s are considered perhaps his very best, and this is where it all started.

Movie Review: "Love Me Tender" brought to the movies one of the most popular entertainers of all time, Mr. Rock 'N' Roll himself.
Summary: 3 Stars

Why 20th Century Fox felt that starring him in a Western would be successful is merely academic... When Elvis broke into gyrations and song, audiences were electrified...

The story--filmed in black-and-white CinemaScope-- was about a bunch of Confederate soldiers who stole a Union Army payroll and then discover that, just five days ago, Lee had surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, ending the Civil War...

Hiding the money, The Reno brothers (Richard Egan, William Campbell, and James Drury) decide to use it for themselves, and return home to the family farm and their kid brother Clint...

Presley was cast as a Texas farm boy who marries his cavalry-man brother's sweetheart when news of his brother's death filters through... But the brother--played by Richard Egan isn't dead at all and incurs Presley's jealousy by resuming his friendship with his former sweetheart the beautiful Cathy Reno (Debra Paget)... The situation went from bad to worse...

In his first motion picture, Elvis proved to be a rugged fighting man, a wonderful loving man and a terrific singing man... Hear him sing: "Let Me," "We're Gonna Move," "Poor Boy," and "Love Me Tender."

Movie Review: Classic EP
Summary: 4 Stars

"Love Me Tender" was Elvis' introduction into the movies. I think without Elvis, it would probably have died at the box office. It was at best a "B" western had it not been his debut.

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Summary of Love Me Tender [VHS]

Here's the alpha point of Elvis Presley's film career, the introduction of the raw-boned Mississippi boy into Hollywood pictures. E.P. takes a supporting role, and his entrance is delayed for nearly 20 minutes: kid brother to returning Civil War soldier Richard Egan, his character marries Egan's sweetheart Debra Paget when Egan is presumed dead. It's a chance for Elvis, his face still trembling with baby fat, to emote dramatically and finish tragically, both of which he does passably well. A serviceable Western, the film shamelessly shoehorns four Presley tunes into two sequences: E.P. crooning on mama's porch, and performing at a country fair (where starchy locals don't seem disturbed at the boy's gyrating hips and happy feet). All in all, a shrewd way to put a foot in Hollywood's doorway, and, of course, one of the last Presley movies to feel like a real film and not a vehicle for the King. --Robert Horton

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