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Watchmaker Hamilton is celebrating the success of the Elvis biopic by highlighting one of Elvis’ favorite timepieces: the Hamilton Ventura.
Originally launched in 1957, the Ventura has a history of movie cameos — perhaps most notably, an appearance on the wrist of Elvis’ Chad Gates in the 1961 musical comedy, Blue Hawaii. Thanks to the Ventura’s unique triangle shape, movie-goers immediately identified the timepiece. This endorsement from the King propelled...
Watchmaker Hamilton is celebrating the success of the Elvis biopic by highlighting one of Elvis’ favorite timepieces: the Hamilton Ventura.
Originally launched in 1957, the Ventura has a history of movie cameos — perhaps most notably, an appearance on the wrist of Elvis’ Chad Gates in the 1961 musical comedy, Blue Hawaii. Thanks to the Ventura’s unique triangle shape, movie-goers immediately identified the timepiece. This endorsement from the King propelled...
- 2/21/2023
- by Oscar Hartzog
- Rollingstone.com
Elvis Presley’s handlers found the formula that would keep his stardom solvent through the 1960s in this well-confected, calculatedly vacant star vehicle that Everybody liked and enjoyed in 1961. The coolest celeb in America ended up in some of the squarest, least-hip films of the era. Why do we like it so? Cutting through the fog of nostalgia reveals the appeal. The Hawaiian scenery is a knockout, plus there’s good support from Joan Blackman and especially Angela Lansbury, who humbles herself to play an idiot mother caricature for Mister ‘Rock-a-Hula.’
Blue Hawaii
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Paramount Presents
1961 / Color/ 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date November 15, 2022 / Available from / 39.99
Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, John Archer, Howard McNear, Steve Brodie, Christian Kay, Iris Adrian, Hilo Hattie, Jenny Maxwell, Pamela Austin (Kirk), Darlene Tompkins, Jose De Vega, Frank Atienza, Ralph Hanalei, Gregory Gaye.
Cinematography: Charles Lang...
Blue Hawaii
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Paramount Presents
1961 / Color/ 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date November 15, 2022 / Available from / 39.99
Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, John Archer, Howard McNear, Steve Brodie, Christian Kay, Iris Adrian, Hilo Hattie, Jenny Maxwell, Pamela Austin (Kirk), Darlene Tompkins, Jose De Vega, Frank Atienza, Ralph Hanalei, Gregory Gaye.
Cinematography: Charles Lang...
- 11/8/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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