elvis facts easy come, easy go 3 - 3

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In this film Elsa Lanchester played Madame Neherina, a 1960s yoga practitioner. Twice nominated for Academy Awards, Ms. Lanchester won a Golden Globe Award in 1958 for her role in the movie "Witness for the Prosecution." She also had roles in such films as "Alice In Wonderland," "Bell Book and Candle," "Mary Poppins" and "That Darn Cat!" She also is remembered for her TV role as Aunt Henrietta on the series "Nanny and The Professor." Another interesting tie to Elvis is that it was her husband Charles Laughton who introduced Elvis on his first "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance in 1956. Mr. Laughton was substitute host for the show while Ed Sullivan was recovering from an automobile accident the month before.

Skip Ward played the villain Gil Carey. He went on to become the producer of the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" and recently produced their reunion show and TV movie. You might watch for the continuity blooper with him in "Easy Come, Easy Go" - after fighting underwater with Ted (Elvis), he surfaces, changes out of his wet suit into dry clothes and has his hair dried and styled before Ted has time to surface from the sea.

Tom Hatten had an uncredited role as a Navy officer. Baby boomers who grew up in Los Angeles might remember him as the picture-drawing host of the afternoon cartoon show "Popeye." Today he is still a radio personality in the Los Angles area.

Principal photography for "Easy Come, Easy Go" was finished by November 7, 1966. However, producer Hal Wallis in another show of power wouldn't release Elvis until November 22, 1966. "Easy Come, Easy Go" opened nationwide on March 22, 1967 and was #50 on "Variety" magazine's list for the year 1967. "Variety" wrote in their review, "Elvis looks great and ageless." The "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner" called Elvis "a darn good actor."

Despite the end of Elvis's association with Wallis and Paramount, Elvis remained the tenth highest paid movie star in 1966 and would go on to make eight more feature films as an actor and two theatrically released concert documentaries.