Regal July Part 2

I ate a ba-na-na this morning with peanut butter. I remember I had heard Elvis liked fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches and mom said she’d make me one. They were a little much so I use to eat them un-fried in my lunch when I was little. I’m down to skipping the bread as an adult.

Mom told me the story about how one of the neighbors invited her to the set of Blue Hawaii. He was busy but he glanced over and smiled. She was careful to explain that it was probably because of her hair and looking like his mom. She said his eyes almost twinkled when he grinned. She liked his gospel music. 

She told me he didn’t like the movies I watched of his very much. That it was an idea of Colonel Parkers’ to do them and that they all seemed the same to him. And told me about Ann Margaret. That she was suppose to be his female counterpart. He looked amused during Viva Las Vegas as far as I could tell.

I remember we watched the special he did in the late 60s for tv. It was done well in the movie. 

I was 15 when he died. I remember when Priscilla and he had gotten married and had Lisa Marie. My generation unfortunately included and the Jackson’s. I thought Lisa’s marriage to Michael was sad that it didn’t work out at the time.

A dark rain cloud hovered over the parking lot when I arrived. I decided to wear as much black as I could with a black shirt and black boots. It was cornflower blue with white fluffy clouds when I left the theater though. I made it through.

Free to see with Unlimited subscription and Mondays are Candy 25% off. I chose Raisinets and a large drink for 10% off.

I teared up at the end when the actor turned into the real Elvis but smiled when Elvis smiled. 

I was careful to pick a seat on the aisle one seat away from a couple but this stupid woman argued with me that I was sitting in her seat. I flashed my ticket at her.“Oh sorry” They were at the other end. Seats seemed to be hard to find below me also where the wheelchair accessible seats are. About five old ladies arguing and wandering around until four settled down after finding where they could sit in a reserved seat theater.

I don’t know why I wasn’t allowed to go to my reunion near Encino, to Hawaii or my Tori Belle conference at Westgate. “It’s a mystery” 

The movie itself is very colorful and the graphic art makes it look pretty. I think of the 50s as very colorful also and most of the footage we have is in black and white. I didn’t know anything about Colonel Parker other than Elvis was one of the many victims back then of managers hiding money from the talent with bad deals made. The merchandising thing was done to the Beatles too.

A picture of Elvis’ real mom flashes on the screen at the right when Elvis goes to Germany in the movie. A better movie to see is That Thing You Do! with Tom Hanks as the manager.