Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n' roll, capped the most extraordinary breakout year in pop-culture history with the release of his first movie on this day in history, Nov.
15, 1956. "Love Me Tender" — and Elvis the actor — garnered only tepid reviews. But the film helped turn the groundbreaking recording star into a multimedia icon who is still to this day beloved around the world, 45 years after his death at age 42. "Appraising Presley as an actor, he ain’t," Variety magazine wrote of the movie at the time. "Not that it makes much difference.There are four songs, and lotsa Presley wriggles thrown in for good measure." "Love Me Tender" debuted amid great fanfare at the Paramount Theatre in Times Square in New York City.
Presley, just 21 at the time, starred as Clint Reno, a man caught in a love triangle with his Confederate veteran brother in the Civil War-era western.
Elvis would go on to star in 30 more feature films. "For a number of years he was one of Hollywood’s top box office draws and one of its highest-paid actors," says the website of Graceland, Presley's Memphis home.
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