Live a Little, Love a Little

Director: Norman Taurog Norman Taurog

Overview

Singing stars from two very different generations appear in Live A Little, Love A Little. Elvis Presley plays Greg, a photographer who divides his time working for a skin magazine and a conservative newspaper. Rudy Valle plays Penlow, the veteran newspaper publisher. Lansdown (Don Porter) is the publisher of a girly magazine as Greg tries to work for both without the other finding out. Greg falls in love with a fashion model (Michele Carey) in this situation comedy that even die-hard Elvis fans have a hard time swallowing. By this time, Elvis planned to fulfil his remaining movie obligations and return to the stage, as his 1960s film career had failed to take on the dramatic seriousness he desperately sought.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2007
UPC:	0012569797543
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	22,589

Special Features

Theatrical trailer; Subtitles: Français

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Elvis Presley	Greg
Michele Carey	Bernice
Don Porter	Lansdown
Rudy Vallee	Penlow
Dick Sargent	Harry
Sterling Holloway	Milkman
Celeste Yarnall	Ellen
Eddie Hodges	Delivery Boy
Joan Shawlee	Woman in Apartment
Mary Grover	Miss Selfridge
Emily Banks	Receptionist
Michael Keller	Art Director
Merri Ashley	1st Secretary
Phyllis Davis	2nd Secretary
Ursula Menzel	Perfume Model
Susan Shute	Model
Edie Baskin	Model
Gabrielle	Model
Ginny Kaneen	Model
Thordis Brandt	Model
Susan Henning	Mermaid
Morgan Windbeil	Motorcycle Cop
Benjie Bancroft	Motorcycle Cop
Russ Bender	Editor
John Hegner	Robbie Pussycat
Billy Strange	Composer

Technical Credits

Dan Greenburg

Michael Hoey

Norman Taurog	Director
Douglas Laurence	Producer
Dan Greenburg	Screenwriter
Michael Hoey	Screenwriter
Franklin E. Milton	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Live a Little, Love a Little is a strange little entry in the Elvis Presley canon. It's a bad movie from start to finish, but it has a certain interest as an attempt to remake the "wholesome" Elvis of the films into a more contemporary (for 1968) character. The attempt doesn't work, as it takes more than a "damn" or two and a job as a "Playboy"-type photographer to do the job; even the sequence of Elvis actually in bed with a woman gets the guts cut out of it by the barrier placed between them. The screenplay is just plain bad, even for an Elvis film of the period, but it does have some weird moments, such as a dream sequence complete with talking dog, and a little bit of psychedelia, that are fun. There's not much that the cast can do with this script, and even those who try pretty hard don't get very far. The best thing about Live/Love, as in many other of the King's pictures, is the music. Elvis only sings 4 songs, but those - "Edge of Reality," "A Little Less Conversation," " Wonderful World" and " Almost in Love" are all keepers. They can't make Live/Love good -- not by a long shot -- but they provide some sorely needed high spots.