Scene still of the Kwimper family. MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE TRAILER FOLLOW THAT DREAM "FOLLOW THAT DREAM" was a pleasant surprise. Though the songs left a lot to be desired, Elvis was naturally funny in his role as Toby Kwimper. The movie script didn't force bad humor and sad jokes, allowing the actors to play their roles a lot more easily than an over-the-top slapstick film. A SURPRISINGLY FUNNY ROLE FOR ELVIS WORKING TITLES Click here to read "PIONEER GO HOME!" Based on the book "PIONEER, GO HOME!" written by Richard P. Powell. WORKING TITLES Movie scene with Anne Helm and Joanna Moore. FOLLOW THAT DREAM A few other working titles were "PIONEER, GO HOME", "HERE COME THE KWIMPERS", "WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE", and "IT’S A BEAUTIFUL LIFE." PREVIOUS MOVIE DIRECTORY LOCATION LOCATION In a scene still with Anne Helm. FOLLOW THAT DREAM "FOLLOW THAT DREAM" was filmed in its entirety in Florida near Crystal River, Ocala, Inverness, and Tampa. WORKING TITLES BOX OFFICE MOVIE DIRECTORY BOX OFFICE On location during filming. FOLLOW THAT DREAM "FOLLOW THAT DREAM" was released on Wednesday, April 11, 1962. "FOLLOW THAT DREAM" opened Wednesday, April 18, 1962, at twenty theaters in Los Angeles, California, as reported in the Los Angeles Times. According to the American Film Institute, 400 prints were to be released in the southern regions of the United States for the Easter weekend on Sunday, April 22, 1962. The film was released nationally beginning Memorial Day weekend. Openings in New York City followed on Wednesday, August 8, 1962. LOCATION CAST "FOLLOW THAT DREAM" reached #5 on Variety's Weekly Box Office Survey. It stayed on the chart for three weeks, finishing at #33 for top-grossing movies of 1962. MOVIE DIRECTORY CAST FOLLOW THAT DREAM Elvis Presley as Toby Kwimper Toby Kwimper played by Elvis in a scene with mobsters. BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT MOVIE DIRECTORY Anne Helm as Holly Jones Arthur O'Connell as Pop Kwimper Joanna Moore as Alisha Claypool Jack Kruschen as Carmine Simon Oakland as Nick Roland Winters as Judge Alan Hewitt as H. Arthur King Howard McNear as George Frank DeKova as Jack Herbert Rudley as Endicott Robin Koon as Teddy Gavin Koon as Eddy Pam Ogles as Adriane Pennington FOLLOW THAT DREAM PLOT The Kwimper family has an unconventional family dynamic made up of the sly Pop Kwimper (played by Arthur O'Connell) and his simple son, Toby Kwimper (played by Elvis Presley). They take in four orphans which include Holly Jones (played by Anne Helm), who came to live with them when she was a kid after her parents died, fourth cousins, Eddy and Teddy Bascombe (played by Gavin and Robin Koon), and three-year-old Adriane Pennington (played by Pam Ogles). CAST BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY During the courtroom scene. The Kwimper family decides to squat on the beach where their truck ran out of gasoline. The family's patriarch, Pop Kwimper, has a handle on government loopholes that keeps his family living legally on the beach which the government set aside for the public. While the Kwimpers continue to build the small beach area into a city that includes their developing fishing rental business for tourists, Toby finds himself becoming the city's sheriff when mobsters open an all-night casino on the beach as well. When government officials prove unable to make the Kwimper family move off the beach, they send in a social worker, Alisha Claypoole (played by Joanna Moore), who becomes instantly attracted to Toby. When Toby refuses her advances, she causes problems by having the minor children taken away from the family. SOUNDTRACK SOUNDTRACK FOLLOW THAT DREAM PREVIOUS BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE POSTER The soundtrack for "Follow That Dream" was released in 1962. It started out as a four-song EP (Extended Play) by RCA Victor. Over time, it has been expanded into different collector's editions that include extra tracks and outtakes. SOUNDTRACK CONTINUES SOUNDTRACK MOVIE DIRECTORY PREVIOUS "Angel" is a love ballad performed by Elvis Presley in the 1962 musical movie "Follow That Dream."

Released as part of the film's soundtrack EP in April 1962, the song's lyrics talk about admiring an "angel" with "angel eyes," urging her to grant a wish and lead him to "paradise." Click Here to Watch the Movie Scene