It Happened at the World's Fair

Infobox Movie
name = It Happened at the World's Fair


imdb_id = 0057191
producer = Ted Richmond
director = Norman Taurog
writer = Si Rose
Seaman Jacobs
starring = Elvis Presley
Joan O'Brien
Gary Lockwood
Vicky Tiu
music = Leith Stevens
cinematography = Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC
editing = Fredric Steinkamp
distributor = MGM
released = April 3, 1963
runtime = 105 min.
language = English
preceded by = "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
followed by = "Fun in Acapulco"

"It Happened at the World's Fair" is a 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot.

The motion picture was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the "Century 21 Exposition", the 1962 World's Fair. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives.

The Seattle Center, including the Seattle Center Monorail and the Space Needle, serve as backdrops for several scenes in the film. Security officers pursue Presley and the girl through the fountains at what is now the Pacific Science Center. The truck drives by the largest wooden bridge, the Wilburton Trestle, which is located in Bellevue.

Plot

Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose uncle has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane.

Primary cast

*Elvis Presley: Mike Edwards, cropduster pilot
*Joan O'Brien: Diane Warren, World's Fair nurse and eventual love interest of Edwards
*Gary Lockwood: Danny Burke, Mike's gambling-addicted business partner
*Vicky Tiu: Sue-Lin, a young girl befriended by Edwards
*Yvonne Craig: Dorothy Johnson, a love interest of Mike's
*H.M. Wynant: Vince Bradley, crooked associate of Danny's
*Kam Tong: Walter Ling, Sue-Lin's uncle

Kurt Russell had an uncredited speaking role as a boy who Mike Edwards pays 25¢ to kick him, thus giving him a chance to visit Nurse Warren. Coincidentally, Russell would play or appear as Presley three additional times: The first was in the made for tv show, Elvis (1979 film). The second was to provide the voice for Elvis in Forest Gump. And the third was in 3000 Miles to Graceland, where he portrayed an Elvis impersonator.

Vicky Tiu, sister of entertainer Ginny Tiu, later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaiokinai when she married Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano.

oundtrack

Infobox Album
Name = It Happened at the World's Fair
Type = Soundtrack
Longtype =
Artist = Elvis Presley


Released = April 10, 1963
Recorded =
Genre = Rock and roll
Rock music
Length =
Label =
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
(1962)
This album = "It Happened at the World's Fair"
(1963)
Next album = "Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3"
(1963)

The soundtrack was recorded at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California in September 1962 and released as a music album in April 1963 with the same title as the movie.

The song "One Broken Heart For Sale" has an additional verse in the movie. This verse was cut from album and single release. The verse is : "Hey Cupid, where are you ?My heart is growing sadder,That girl rejected me,Just when I thought I had her"

Recording musicians

*Elvis Presley - vocals
*The Mello Men - background vocals
*The Jordanaires - background vocals)
*Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Barney Kessel - guitar
*Ray Siegel - bass
*Don Robertson, Dudley Brooks - piano
*Boots Randolph - saxophone
*D.J. Fontana, Hal Blaine, Bernie Mattinson - drums
*Emile Radocchia - percussion
*Anthony Terran, Rudolph Loera - trumpets

Side 1:
#"Beyond The Bend" - (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller)
#"Relax" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"Take Me To The Fair" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"They Remind Me Too Much Of You" - (Don Robertson)
#"One Broken Heart For Sale" - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)

Side 2:
#"I'm Falling In Love Tonight" - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
#"Cotton Candy Land" - (Ruth Bachelor & Bob Roberts)
#"World Of Our Own" - (Bill Grant, Bernie Baum, Florenece Kaye)
#"How Would You Like To Be" - (Ben Raleigh & Mark Barkan)
#"Happy Ending" - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

ee also

*List of Elvis Presley films
*Elvis Presley discography

External links

DVD Reviews

* [http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/ithappenedatworldsfair.php Review] by Bill Treadway at [http://www.dvdverdict.com/ DVD Verdict] , August 12, 2004.
* [http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=6215 Review] by Mark Zimmer at [http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/index.php3 digitallyOBSESSED!] , August 4, 2004.