Friday, May. 04, 1962

In Florida with Elvis

Follow That Dream (United Artists). "Ennabody evah tell yew yo're hayand-some?" drawls a slinky Southern belle as she takes after Elvis Presley "like he come with green coupons." Elvis thoughtfully replies: "Only girls." The girls may or may not be right, but for one reason or another people pay good money to see Elvis Presley pictures. In this one, which is slightly better than most, Elvis plays a Georgia redneck who stakes out a homestead on state land in Florida. He is weak in the head but strong in the arm. When the state highway department tries to have him evicted, he stubbornly stands his ground. When some gamblers try to scare him out, he knocks their heads together like dice. And when the Southern belle (who happens to be a social worker) goes after his family as well as his coupons, Elvis innocently but effectively twists the long arm of the law. Happily, he doesn't sing very often in this picture, but when he sings he sometimes scratches. The experience seems to make him feel lousy too.

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