Tickle Me

Tickle Me

Infobox Movie
name = Tickle Me


imdb_id = 0056585
producer = Ben Schwalb
director = Norman Taurog
Arthur Jacobson
writer = Elwood Ullman
Edward Bernds
starring = Elvis Presley
Julie Adams
Jocelyn Lane
music = Walter Scharf
cinematography = Loyal Griggs
editing = Archie Marshek
distributor = Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
released = June 30, 1965
runtime = 90 min.
language = English
preceded by = "Girl Happy"
followed by = "Harum Scarum"

"Tickle Me" is a 1965 western comedy-musical starring Elvis Presley. It is also the only Elvis film that was released by Allied Artists Pictures. It is said to be the one film that singlehandedly saved the Allied Artists studio from financial despair.

The film was first released onto the home video market in the VHS format in the early 80s in a limited version from Allied Artists Home Video. It was later issued 3 diffrerent times by CBS/Fox video in 1985, 1987 and 1992. Its final VHS issue was from Warner Home Video in 1997. In the summer of 2007, the film was released for the first time on DVD, in the wide-screen letterbox format.

Primary cast

*Elvis Presley : Lonnie Beale
*Julie Adams : Vera Radford
*Jocelyn Lane : Pamela Meritt
*Jack Mullaney : Stanley Potter
*Merry Anders : Estelle Penfield
*Connie Gilchrist : Hilda
*Edward Faulkner : Brad Bentley
*Allison Hayes : Mabel

oundtrack

The soundtrack of "Tickle Me" is often cited as evidence of how Presley's films became assembly-line, low-budget affairs by the mid-1960s. The budget for the film did not allow for the commissioning of original songs, so instead the soundtrack was created from previously released non-film recordings, some dating back to 1960, and including songs with guitar work by Hank Garland whose career had ended in 1961 following an automobile accident. To coincide with the movie's debut, an EP Record was brought out containing five of the nine songs from the soundtrack. RCA also released a couple of 45rpm singles featuring songs from the film. A full soundtrack album was released in Europe, but in the U.S. one would have to obtain the following albums to acquire all nine songs in LP format: "Elvis Is Back!", "Pot Luck", "Something For Everybody", the "Fun In Acapulco" soundtrack, and the "Kissin' Cousins" soundtrack.

This is one of only a few Elvis films that does not have a title track.

According to Bill Rock, discussing this film during his series "Elvis in Hollywood", broadcast on the Elvis Radio channel of Sirius Radio, the reason that no soundtrack was commissioned was due to the studio, Allied Artists, facing bankruptcy at the time the film was made. Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, Rock said, agreed to waive the usual requirement of a soundtrack commission and instead use previously recorded songs. As a result, "Tickle Me" temporarily saved the studio from bankruptcy and one of the recycled songs, "(Such an) Easy Question" was a Top-20 hit in the United States. ["Elvis in Hollywood" broadcast of October 6, 2007, Elvis Radio; Sirius Radio Channel 13.] "Tickle Me" is the only Elvis film to use previously-issued recordngs, although two previous films, "Jailhouse Rock" and "G.I. Blues" had used re-recordings of previously issued songs ("Don't Leave Me Now" and "Blue Suede Shoes", respectively).

Recording musicians

*Elvis Presley (vocals)
*The Jordanaires (backup vocals)
*Hank Garland, Scotty Moore (guitar)
*Bob Moore (bass)
*Floyd Cramer (piano)
*D.J. Fontana (drums)

Tracks (songwriter)

#"Long Lonely Highway" - (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
#"It Feels So Right" - (Fred Wise & Ben Weisman)
#"(Such An) Easy Question" - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
#"I'm Yours" - (Don Robertson & Hal Blair)

Released on EP:
#" I Feel That I've Known You Forever" - (Doc Pomus & Alan Jeffrys)
#"Slowly But Surely" - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
#"Night Rider" - (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
#"Put The Blame On Me" - (Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Norman Blagman)
#"Dirty, Dirty Feeling" - (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)

ee also

*List of Elvis Presley films
*Elvis Presley discography

References

External links

* [http://www.elvispresley.com.au/ For Elvis Fans Only] Website decitated to Elvis Presley's Movies.
* [http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/t/tickleme.html Comprehensive review] by Chad Plambeck at [http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/ 3-B Theater]

DVD Reviews

* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30398 Elvis - The Hollywood Collection (Kissin' Cousins/Girl Happy/Tickle Me/Stay Away, Joe/Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!)] Review by Stuart Galbraith IV at [http://www.dvdtalk.com/ DVD Talk] , September 11, 2007.

* [http://www.dvdjournal.com/quickreviews/t/tickleme.q.shtml Review] by DSH at [http://www.dvdjournal.com/index.html The DVD Journal] .


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