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A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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- 1 nomination total
Gail Gilmore
- Nancy
- (as Gale Gilmore)
Beverly Adams
- Girl #2
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaShelley Fabares is the only woman who was Elvis Presley's love interest in three different films.
- GoofsWhen Elvis is on the beach playing the intro to "Do the Clam," the sound is clearly from an electric guitar, but when Elvis is shown playing the guitar, it's a regular acoustic guitar, which sounds nothing like an electric.
- Alternate versionsThe "Startin' Tonight" number is cut in the 1997 VHS.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
- SoundtracksGirl Happy
(uncredited)
Written by Doc Pomus and Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade)
Performed by Elvis Presley
Featured review
Ft. Lauderdale frolic has Elvis Presley cast as a Chicago rock 'n roller who, along with his outfit-matching band members, takes an assignment to secretly chaperone the boss's daughter as she vacations with her girlfriends down in Florida. Plush MGM musical with a dandy production design, lots of fun slapstick and girl-watching. The plot, such as it is, doesn't make a whole lot of sense (especially with Elvis having his cover blown by Shelley Fabares' tyrannical father, who then gets mad at Presley when his daughter decides to go wild). The songs range from very good ("Puppet on a String", "The Meanest Girl In Town") to awful ("I've Got to Find My Baby", "Wolf Call"), but there's a groovin' beach bash with excitable dancing and a funny prison breakout sequence in which E.P. gets stuck in a cell with 20 females (and escapes in drag!). Mary Ann Mobley has an insulting role (and her make-up is too dark, causing her to look overcooked by the sun), but Fabares is breezy and there's a nice supporting turn by Nita Talbot as a streetwise stripper. Not bad Presley-fest, though the screenplay could've used some sharpening, and the extras are often hilariously wooden. **1/2 from ****
- moonspinner55
- Apr 4, 2009
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- Rubia contra pelirroja
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- Gross US & Canada
- $7,085,000
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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