Main Cast: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong
Release Year: 1962
Country: US
Run Time: 106 minutes
Plot
One of Elvis Presley's biggest moneymakers, Girls Girls Girls casts ol' swivel-hips as a tuna-boat fisherman working out of Hawaii. Elvis chases after all the wrong girls, while ignoring the girls who genuinely care for him. Here, as Ross Carpenter, Presley has two main love interests: sexy vocalist Robin (Stella Stevens and heiress Laurel (Laurel Goodwin), who pretends to be poor so as not to wound Ross's pride. When rude 'n' crude Wesley Johnson (Jeremy Slate), who owns Ross's boat, makes a play for Laurel, Ross punches him out. He loses his boat, but it hardly matters since he and Laurel have found true love. Songs crucial to the action are the title tune, "Return to Sender," and "Song of the Shrimp." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Robert Strauss - Sam; Guy Lee - Chen Yung; Frank Puglia - Papa Stavros; Lili Valenty - Mama Stavros; Beulah Quo - Madam Yung; Alexander Tiu - Mai Ling's Brother; Ken Becker - Drunk; Marjorie Bennett - Mrs. Dick; Richard Collier - Clerk; Alexander T. Didio - Crew Member; Pamela Duncan - Cigarette Girl; Gavin Gordon - Mr. Peabody; Ann McCrea - Mrs. Morgan; Nestor Paiva - Mr. Morgan; Ginny Tiu - Mai Ling; Mary Treen - Mrs. Figgor; Elizabeth Tui - Tai Ling; Wilfred Watanabe - Crew Member; Red West - Bongo Player; Stanley White - Crew Member; Betty Beall - Linda Stavros; June Jocelyn - Woman in Hat Shop; The Jordanaires
Credit
Hal Pereira - Art Director, Walter Tyler - Art Director, Charles O'Curran - Choreography, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Norman Taurog - Director, Stanley E. Johnson - Editor, Joseph Lilley - Composer (Music Score), Gary Morris - Makeup, Loyal Griggs - Cinematographer, Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer, Edward Anhalt - Screenwriter, Allan Weiss - Screenwriter
The soundtrack songs were recorded in March 1962 at the Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, California with the songs "Where Do You Come From" and "I Don't Want To" added to the music album released to coincide with the film's debut. The Leiber-Stoller title track was a hit for The Coasters in 1961 before being adapted for the Presley film. Besides the album itself, "Return to Sender" was released as a single and became a major hit for Elvis.
"The Walls Have Ears" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett)
"We're Comin' In Loaded" (Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott)
Several additional songs were recorded for the film and not released concurrently. This includes "Plantation Rock" which was not released until the 1980s (actor Rob Schneider himself a big Elvis fan, performed the song when he appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1996), "Mama", which appeared on an early 1970s RCA Camden compilation and "Dainty Little Moonbeams" which appeared in the 1990s. The songs performed by Stella Stevens in the film have yet to be commercially released.
