June 14, 1967
Paramount
Comedy, Musical
VHS
C
While this isn't like the Elvis movies that I couldn't get through even once (Roustabout springs to mind), it's hard to get excited about a movie that has indifference built right into the title. That title is played on, with Pat Harrington's club, the Easy Go-Go, but mostly it applies to the way that all the major characters react to a treasure turning out to be relatively worthless. Also, there are characters who appear in a scene or two and then disappear with no notice, including unfortunately Elsa Lanchester, who does get to sing a song about Yoga with Elvis. Even with "beatniks" (here on the edge of the Summer of Love), including that dancer guy from The Swinger and The Cool Ones (still wearing his usual dark vest), Schneider, Marilyn Munster (Pat Priest), and Dodie Marshall (sort of playing Elvis's love interest, although romance is minor here), the movie had trouble holding my interest this time. Oh, and it's got Tom Hatten, who in 1988 shared memories on Family Film Festival of making the film. (The LA TV host has a very small role, but it's early on and you'll recognize him if you're an X-Generation Southern Californian.)
Besides Vest Dancer Guy, this movie shares a couple things with The Swinger. Diki Lerner, who plays the crazy car-artist Zoltan here, was Svengali there. Also, Dodie Marshall lives in an artists' commune where they have "happenings," including using women as paintbrushes. Robert Isenberg, who plays an artist here, would have a small role in Elvis's Live a Little, Love a Little.
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