Projecteur: Elvis Presley

That's all right Mama  Elvis Presley  5 Juillet 1954

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

That's all right Mama  Elvis Presley  5 Juillet 1954

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

• Elvis '56 - In the Beginning (Amazon.com):
• This 1987 documentary is distinguished by both its smart narrative premise and wonderful performance footage of Elvis Presley at the dawn of his remarkable career. With the King's melodramatic life already a familiar subject for film and print biographies, producer-directors Alan and Susan Raymond instead shaped this hour-long profile around the year that saw the charismatic Memphis singer's eruption as a pop sensation. By taking that selective path, and focusing tightly on Presley's crucial transition to a major record deal, national media exposure, and the first decisive steps in his subsequent movie career, Elvis '56 achieves a unique cohesion while legitimately celebrating a remarkable period of growth.

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• With the Band's Levon Helm narrating in his salty Arkansas drawl, the story effectively conveys Elvis's Southern perspective, while evocative use of Alfred Wertheimer's celebrated black-and-white still portraits sustains a visual style carrying over to the program's real high points: early stage and television appearances by Presley and his original trio, later augmented into a quartet. Among the highlights are historic slots on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's variety shows: we see the joyous physicality that made the Berle performance a topic of outrage (and, of course, a swoon-worthy moment for female fans), as well as Allen's glib solution to censors' worries, forcing a static, tail-coated Presley to sing "Hound Dog" to a basset hound. --Sam Sutherland --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.

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• Elvis '56 - In the Beginning Description :
• 1956 was Elvis Presley's breakthrough year, and this program takes you back, including his early television performances on the Dorsey Brothers Show and the Ed Sullivan Show (where the cameramen were instructed not to shoot the lower half of his body!), and an entire hour of rare footage and performances captures during the amazing year when Elvis Presley become not only a star, but a phenomenon. So slip on your blue suede shoes, and step back to the beginning of an era, with rare early recordings and never-before-seen footage. 61 minutes.

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

• Elvis - '68 Comeback Special (Amazon.com):
• TRACK LISTING : -1. Trouble/Guitar Man -2. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy -3. Heartbreak Hotel -4. Hound Dog -5. All Shook Up -6. Can't Help Falling in Love -7. Jailhouse Rock -8. Don't Be Cruel -9. Love Me Tender -10. Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Up Above My Head / I Found That Light / Saved -11. That's All Right -12. Tiger Man -13. Trying to Get to You -14. Baby, What You Want Me to Do -15. One Night -16. Memories -17. Medley: Nothingsville / Guitar Man / Let Yourself Go / Big Boss Man / It Hurts Me / Little Egypt / Trouble -18. If I Can Dream

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• Five years before he achieved broadcast history with his legendary 1973 global satellite telecast, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, Elvis Presley brought a less grandiose but far more urgent mission to this Christmas season network special: isolated from his original audience after a long sojourn on Hollywood soundstages, and threatened by the vibrancy and social gravity of rock, the King sought nothing less than to reclaim his throne.

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• More than three decades later, what has since become known as Elvis: '68 Comeback Special looms as the Memphis icon's most substantial achievement as a stage performer. If the candy-colored sets and hyperactive choreography of its larger production numbers smack of its network packagers' desperation to be hip, Elvis himself rises to a riveting, assured performance at the peak of his powers. Looking fit and relaxed, and sheathed in black leather, he covers a shrewd song list encompassing early rockabilly hits, gospel (albeit rendered unintentionally hilarious by its florid dance routines), and comparatively restrained ballads.

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• Standout performances include two intimate stage sets that put him literally within his fans' reach, most strikingly in a brief reunion with four of his earliest bandmates (including guitarist Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. Fontana). The latter segment is only a brief sample of a session posthumously released on video as One Night with You, which is, if anything, even better than this terrific portrait of a towering American artist. --Sam Sutherland --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

Projecteur: Elvis Presley

Projecteur: Elvis Presley