ELVIS PRESLEY | BLUE HAWAII (1961) Oversize portrait

[Los Angeles, Paramount Pictures, 1961]. Vintage original 11 x 14″ (28 x 35 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo. Hand-lettered in pencil on verso with code “10224-69”. Original paper blurb attached to verso, cloth tape at left edge, tape rubs at right edge verso. Wear at top left edge, significant creases at both right and left bottom corner areas. Very good.

With this film a special box office formula was set in motion: star Elvis Presley, surround him with great looking girls, film at an exotic location, and include enough songs to fill out a double-sided record album. Elvis was then a top-ten box office attraction.