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Elvis: The Hollywood Collection (Charro / Girl Happy / Kissin' Cousins / Live a Little, Love a Little / Stay Away, Joe / Tickle Me)

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I am a big ELVIS fan... The six titles in this set were only on VSH until now. Charro was released on dvd before but quality was poor. This new version of CHARRO is wonderful... I can't find anything on the package that states it is re-mastered But I have just watched it. The color and sound are perfect. This Hollywood Collection dvd of Charro is the very best version I've ever seen!
GIRL HAPPY and KISSIN' COUSINS - On the back of each dvd case it states it is a new digital transfer of complete original theatrical version. But nothing about being re-mastered.
TICKLE ME, STAY AWAY JOE, LIVE A LITTLE LOVE A LITTLE - are all great quality dvd movies.
All dvds are widescreen version and subtitles are English or French *except Tickle Me is English only. For each movie titled there is a set of 4 movie set pictures & 1 mini movie poster enclosed in each case. Pictures are approximately 7 inches by 4.5 inches.

This box set of six of the King's less promient films is a long time in coming for his die hard fans-less juicy for your run of the mill Elvis admirers. Yes, all six films are in WIDESECREEN format, digitally remastered etc. The packaging is nice and sleek with all film sleeves containg several large postcard style B&W publicity style photos of Elvis with costars and on the sets. I will not do a critical review of the individual movies pros and cons, but speak to the group of films in this package as a whole as being what I would consider Elvis's secondary films. There is no film prowess of Blue Hawaii or Viva Las Vegas caliber here. As par for the course of Elvis's film career at this point most are of the light romantic comedy genre with his ample singing scenes tossed in. There are no sophisticated plots here-just Elvis, singing and girls watching him sing. Each film has nice menu and navigation graphics with all having the theatical trailer included. Girl Happy has an additional song of Startin' Tonight restored. They all have French subtitles except Tickle Me. All films are in color. Many of these films are out for the first time on DVD as well as in WIDESCREEN. Some of them have not been available at all for quite a number of years such as Live a Little, Love a Little. A good buy for Elvis die hard film fans and collectors at this low price for all six movies in such a nice package. They would cost quite a bit more if bought individually. Lesser fans that have none of Elvis's more promient films may wish to start elsewhere with individual film purchases of the King's classics such as Love Me Tender or the superb Jail House Rock.

Great to have these films on DVD now, such good quality. Also arrived with lots of B & W postcard pictures from the films, which was a bonus. I know these films were not his best but if you are an Elvis fan it really doesn't matter.

It's excellent to finally see these long awaited movies come to DVD and in a great presentation box. The DVD transfers are very clear and each movie comes with it's own set of 5 postcards as a nice little bonus. My only quip is that not much was done with the sound. The Paramount Elvis movies are all in 5.1, whilst Warner only have revamped Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas (sold separately)with uprated sound.

I'm an Elvis fan, so I don't enjoy criticizing his work, yet I would rather do that than to have some unsuspecting customer get ripped off. Why is it that so many movie collections like this are NOT among the best films of some actor, yet packaged as though they were? NONE of these movies is among the best of Elvis's career, yet it's given the title ELVIS - THE HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION!! Look these up in a good movie guide and see what I mean. ALL of them have very weak scripts, and if you like hearing him sing in his films, most (see exception below) don't have music to recommend them either since most of the songs in these are pretty bad.

At least "Charro" and "Stay Away, Joe" from the late-60s are a departure from the stale "beach movie" types of films Elvis was stuck in by the mid-60s, yet "Stay Away, Joe" is VERY strange, and Elvis's character in it is an insult to Native Americans. I think the western "Charro" is a little better than the usually very negative reviews that it gets, although in it he sings only the title song. Another from the late-60s, "Live a Little, Love a Little," has some decent scenes and songs (such as "Almost in Love," "A Little Less Conversation," and "The Edge of Reality") as well as good chemistry between Elvis and his co-star, Michele Carey, and for his films is unusually frank in dealing with sexual matters. Yet again, the movie is undermined by a poor script. That film, as well as "Charro" and "Girl Happy," are tolerable if you're looking for some of his mid-quality films at a reasonable price.

So unless you're either an Elvis completest or you already know you like these films, stick to his best: King Creole, Wild in the Country, Follow That Dream, Jailhouse Rock (Deluxe Edition), Loving You, Flaming Star, and maybe Viva Las Vegas (Deluxe Edition).

I love Elvis the performer and actor. His movies are fun to watch as well as entertaining and the music he sings is always great.

I was really pleased with this collection...its just fun movies you can put in and just relax and not worry if your grandchildren happen to drop by.. and they end up settng and watching also.
as always amazon delivered in great time..
I just loved them.
Thanks again amazon. brenda .

My son collects Elvis movies and I was very excited that this collection contained movies he did not yet have. I got it for him for his birthday.
I have not watched these movies so cannot rate the quality. Thanks for having this product available.

What is going on here, Warner Brothers? You guys normally do such great work with DVD releases. You have sixteen Elvis Presley titles; PUT THEM ALL IN ONE BOX SET! You currently offer no less than four box sets, no combination of which would give the consumer all 16 titles! I could get half of the titles if I bought the Blue Suede Collection. But this set overlaps each of the other three, leaving me with eight other individual titles to purchase. Or I could buy the Signature Collection and The Hollywood Collection, which combine to give me 12 of the 16 titles. Unfortunately, the Signature Collection is an older set, and it does not feature the new 2007 re-release versions of the DVDs. And even if I bought all three of those sets, I would STILL have to purchase Double Trouble and The Trouble With Girls separately. MGM has all four of their Elvis films in one box; and Paramount has all eight of their Elvis titles available in one box set. Come on Warner, help a guy out!

The cheap way to complete your collection of Elvis movies-if you are a completist you need this set! Finally Girl Happy and Tickle Me, my two favorites!

Rejane