It Happened at the World's Fair
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
| Written by | Si Rose Seaman Jacobs |
| Starring | Elvis Presley Joan O'Brien Gary Lockwood Vicky Tiu |
| Music by | Leith Stevens |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Fredric Steinkamp |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | April 3, 1963 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | English |
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It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot.
The motion picture was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives.
The Seattle Center, including the Seattle Center Monorail and the Space Needle, serve as backdrops for several scenes in the film. Security officers pursue Presley and the girl through the fountains at what is now the Pacific Science Center. The truck drives by the largest wooden bridge, the Wilburton Trestle, which is located in Bellevue.
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[edit] Plot
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Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane
[edit] Primary cast
- Elvis Presley: Mike Edwards
- Joan O'Brien: Diane Warren, World's Fair nurse and eventual love interest of Edwards
- Vicky Tiu: Sue-Lin, a young girl befriended by Edwards
- Yvonne Craig: Dorothy Johnson
- H.M. Wynant: Vince Bradley
Kurt Russell had an uncredited speaking role as a boy who Mike Edwards pays 25¢ to kick him, thus giving him a chance to visit Nurse Warren.
Vicky Tiu, sister of entertainer Ginny Tiu, later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaiʻi when she married Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano. It is an example of a positive casting role for an Asian American in the early 1960s.
[edit] Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack by Elvis Presley | ||
| Released | April 10, 1963 | |
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| Girls! Girls! Girls! (November 9, 1962) | It Happened at the World's Fair (April 10, 1963) | Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 (August 11, 1963)
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The soundtrack was recorded at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California in September of 1962 and released as a music album in April of 1963 with the same title as the movie.
The song "One Broken Heart For Sale" has an additional verse in the movie. This verse was cut from album and single release. The verse is : "hey cupid where are you , my heart is growing sadder. That girl rejected me , just when I thought i had her"
[edit] Recording musicians
- Elvis Presley (vocals)
- The Mello Men (background vocals)
- The Jordanaires (background vocals)
- Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Barney Kessel (guitar)
- Ray Siegel (bass)
- Don Robertson, Dudley Brooks (piano)
- Boots Randolph (sax)
- D.J. Fontana, Hal Blaine, Bernie Mattinson (drums)
- Emile Radocchia (percussion)
- Anthony Terran, Rudolph Loera (trumpets)
Side 1:
- Beyond The Bend - (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller)
- Relax - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
- Take Me To The Fair - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
- They Remind Me Too Much Of You - (Don Robertson)
- One Broken Heart For Sale - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
Side 2:
- I'm Falling In Love Tonight - (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
- Cotton Candy Land - (Ruth Bachelor & Bob Roberts)
- World Of Our Own - (Bill Grant, Bernie Baum, Florenece Kaye)
- How Would You Like To Be - (Ben Raleigh & Mark Barkan)
- Happy Ending - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
