What if the “Elvis movie” genre had its own awards show? Take a walk down the sepia carpet into. . . the edge of reality.
Below are the winners of the Elvis Movie Awards. Each winner takes home a prestigious Hal statuette.
Song
“Jailhouse Rock” from Jailhouse Rock — Lyrics by Jerry Leiber; Music by Mike Stoller
Documentary
Elvis—That’s The Way It Is — Herbert F. Solow and Dale Hutchinson, Producers
Writing
King Creole — Herbert Baker, Michael Vincente Gazzo
Actress In A Supporting Role
Dolores Hart in LOVING YOU
Dolores Hart — Loving You (“Susan Jessup”)
Actor In A Supporting Role
Walter Matthau in KING CREOLE
Walter Matthau — King Creole (“Maxie Fields”)
Actress
Ann-Margret in VIVA LAS VEGAS
Ann-Margret — Viva Las Vegas (“Rusty Martin”)
Actor
Elvis Presley in CHANGE OF HABIT
Elvis Presley — Change of Habit (“Dr. John Carpenter”)
Directing
King Creole — Michael Curtiz
Best Motion Picture
Jailhouse Rock — Pandro S. Berman, Producer
Winners are now on their way to the most exclusive after party of them all, located somewhere deep in the heart of… the edge of reality.
[With apologies to Serling.]
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Loved this Ty! Also loved the fact that I could share it on FB! TYVM! Your pics are great …..can agree with all of them! Especially loved your pic of Elvis as best actor in ‘Change of Habit’!! Totally agree! TYVM!
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Thanks, Clementine. The best part of this whole post for me was that researching for it made me find out that Herb Solow, a producer of Star Trek, my all-time favorite television series, also produced my all-time favorite Elvis film, That’s The Way It Is. I had no idea!
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