Tickle Me

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Tickle Me
Directed by Norman Taurog
Arthur Jacobson
Produced by Ben Schwalb
Written by Elwood Ullman
Edward Bernds
Starring Elvis Presley
Julie Adams
Jocelyn Lane
Music by Walter Scharf
Cinematography Loyal Griggs
Editing by Archie Marshek
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date(s) June 30, 1965
Running time 90 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Tickle Me is a 1965 western comedy-musical starring Elvis Presley. It is also the only Elvis film that was released by Allied Artists Pictures. It is said to be the one film that singlehandedly saved the Allied Artists studio from financial despair.

The film was first released onto the home video market in the VHS format in the early 80s in a limited version from Allied Artists Home Video. It was later issued 3 diffrerent times by CBS/Fox video in 1985, 1987 and 1992. Its final VHS issue was from Warner Home Video in 1997. In the summer of 2007, the film was released for the first time on DVD, in the wide-screen letterbox format.

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[edit] Primary cast


[edit] Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Tickle Me is often cited as evidence of how Presley's films became assembly-line, low-budget affairs by the mid-1960s. The budget for the film did not allow for the commissioning of original songs, so instead the soundtrack was created from previously released non-film recordings, some dating back to 1960, and including songs with guitar work by Hank Garland whose career had ended in 1961 following an automobile accident. To coincide with the movie's debut, an EP Record was brought out containing five of the nine songs from the soundtrack. RCA also released a couple of 45rpm singles featuring songs from the film. A full soundtrack album was released in Europe, but in the U.S. one would have to obtain the following albums to acquire all nine songs in LP format: "Elvis Is Back!", "Pot Luck", "Something For Everybody", the "Fun In Acapulco" soundtrack, and the "Kissin' Cousins" soundtrack.

This is one of only a few Elvis films that does not have a title track.

According to Bill Rock, discussing this film during his series Elvis in Hollywood, broadcast on the Elvis Radio channel of Sirius Radio, the reason that no soundtrack was commissioned was due to the studio, Allied Artists, facing bankruptcy at the time the film was made. Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, Rock said, agreed to waive the usual requirement of a soundtrack commission and instead use previously recorded songs. As a result, Tickle Me temporarily saved the studio from bankruptcy and one of the recycled songs, "(Such an) Easy Question" was a Top-20 hit in the United States.[1] Tickle Me is the only Elvis film to use previously-issued recordngs, although two previous films, Jailhouse Rock and G.I. Blues had used re-recordings of previously issued songs ("Don't Leave Me Now" and "Blue Suede Shoes", respectively).

[edit] Recording musicians

[edit] Tracks (songwriter)

  1. Long Lonely Highway - (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
  2. It Feels So Right - (Fred Wise & Ben Weisman)
  3. (Such An) Easy Question - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
  4. I'm Yours - (Don Robertson & Hal Blair)

Released on EP:

  1. I Feel That I've Known You Forever - (Doc Pomus & Alan Jeffrys)
  2. Slowly But Surely - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
  3. Night Rider - (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
  4. Put The Blame On Me - (Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Norman Blagman)
  5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling - (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Elvis in Hollywood broadcast of October 6, 2007, Elvis Radio; Sirius Radio Channel 13.

[edit] External links

[edit] DVD Reviews


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