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Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley made his motion picture debut in the Civil War drama Love Me Tender. Elvis, however, is not the star of the proceedings: that honor goes jointly to Richard Egan and Debra Paget. The story concerns three brothers--Egan, William Campbell and James Drury--who steal a Union payroll on behalf of the Confederacy, only to discover that the war is over and that they're now technically outlaws. Rather than return the money, the brothers divvy it up amongst themselves. Upon returning home, Egan discovers that his sweetheart (Debra Paget) has married Elvis, his youngest brother. Since Love Me Tender has been played incessantly on TV since the early 1960s, it is giving away nothing to reveal that the film is one of two in which Elvis Presley's character dies at the end. Naturally, Elvis is afforded plenty of opportunities to sing: the scene in which he launches into an anachronistic hip-swivelling performance at a county fair is one of the high points of mid-1950s kitsch. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Richard Egan as Vance Reno Debra Paget as Cathy Reno Elvis Presley as Clint Reno Robert Middleton as Mr. Siringo William Campbell as Brett Reno Neville Brand as Mike Gavin Mildred Dunnock as Marlha Reno Bruce Bennett as Maj. Kincaid James Drury as Ray Reno Russ Conway as Ed Galt Barry Coe as Mr. Davis L.Q. Jones as Fleming Paul E. Burns as Jethro Jerry Sheldon as Conductor

Crew Lyle Wheeler - Art Director Maurice Ransford - Art Director Charles LeMaire - Costume Designer Mary Wills - Costume Designer Stanley Hough - First Assistant Director Robert D. Webb - Director Hugh S. Fowler - Editor Lionel Newman - Composer (Music Score) Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup Leo Tover - Cinematographer David Weisbart - Producer Walter Scott - Set Designer C. Fay Babcock - Set Designer Ray Kellogg - Special Effects Alfred Bruzlin - Sound/Sound Designer Harry M. Leonard - Sound/Sound Designer Maurice Geraghty - Screen Story Robert Buckner - Screenwriter

Love Me Tender
It would take an enterprising brain to grab the hip-swivelling, rock 'n rolling Elvis Presley more or less straight from the Ed Sullivan show and dump him smack into a Civil War melodrama -- complete with screaming, albeit period-clad, teenage girls. But that is exactly what veteran scribe Maurice Geraghty set out to do in Love Me Tender and without apparently giving it a second thought. The results are uneven at best but the burgeoning teen idol actually handles the straight acting better than could be expected. In fact, Elvis is the only member of the cast with a somewhat realistic accent. Fox had enough trust in Presley's drawing power to award Love Me Tender Cinemascope (but not color) which, unfortunately, mostly succeeds to dwarf Geraghty's quaint little story of brotherly love and perceived betrayal. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: Additional Features: cc All-new anamorphic widescreen transfer (aspect Ratio 2.35:1) Interactive menus Scene selection Original English and Spanish theatrical trailers Audio: English stereo, English mono, Spanish mono Subtitles: English, Spanish DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 89 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Titles [:02] 2. Randall's Raiders [1:30] 3. Spoils of War [5:54] 4. Homecoming [1:23] 5. "We're Gonna Move" [5:12] 6. "Love Me Tender" [2:25] 7. Try To Forget [5:14] 8. "Let Me / Poor Boy" [2:12] 9. Trouble [1:56] 10. Daring Rescue [4:28] 11. A Deal With Siringo [1:22] 12. Where's the Money? [4:40] 13. Shoot On Sight [1:53] 14. Hiding Out [4:55] 15. Showdown [:51] 16. Everything's Gonna Be All Right [5:21]