MOVIE DIRECTORYELVIS’S SECOND FILM SHOT IN HAWAIIMOVIE TRAILERGIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!Nominated for Best Motion Picture Musical at the Golden Globes 1963 ceremony. Even though the winner that year was "THE MUSIC MAN," Elvis received a 2nd place Laurel Award for the best male performance in a musical.WORKING TITLES Click Here To Watch "MUSIC MAN"WORKING TITLESScene still from the movieGirls! Girls! Girls!GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!Working titles included "A GIRL IN EVERY PORT", "WELCOME ABOARD", and "GUMBO YA-YA". PREVIOUSLOCATION GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! WORKING TITLESBOX OFFICE LOCATIONThis was Elvis’s second film shot in Hawaii. "BLUE HAWAII" was the first.BOX OFFICEGIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!"GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!" was released by Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, November 21, 1962, and earned $2.6 million at the box office in the United States. LOCATIONCAST GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BOX OFFICEPLOT NEXT Elvis Presley as Ross CarpenterStella Stevens as Robin GantnerLaurel Goodwin as Laurel DodgeAnn McCrea as Mrs. Arthur MorganJeremy Slate as Wesley JohnsonBenson Fong as Kin YungRobert Strauss as Sam AndersonNestor Paiva as Arthur MorganJack Nitzsche as Piano Player in Lounge BandLinda Rand as Village WomanEdward Sheehan as Ed-Man on DockCASTPLOTGIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!Ross Carpenter (played by Elvis Presley), is employed by Papa Stavros (played by Frank Puglia) to captain charter fishing boats for tourists wishing to deep-sea fish. Ross also moonlights as a nightclub singer to make ends meet. Against his girlfriend, Robin Gantner (played by Stella Stevens) objections, Ross dreams of purchasing a sailboat presently owned by Stavros which Ross and his late father built together.Stavros is forced to immediately retire to Arizona due to his wife's failing health. He has to put the sailboat up for sale and as much as he would like for Ross to purchase the boat, he’s forced to sell it to Wesley Johnson (played by Jeremy Slate), who has the funds.PLOT (CONTINUES) CASTMOVIE RENTAL OR PURCHASE - CLICK HEREGIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!PLOT (CONTINUED): PLOTSOUNDTRACK BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORYWhen Ross and Robin quarrel, he meets and becomes attracted to Laurel Dodge (played by Laurel Goodwin), who inherited a great amount of wealth. Dodge purchases the boat from Johnson, but when she offers the boat to Ross, he becomes angry because he wanted to earn it himself.When Wesley makes advances towards Laurel, Ross swoops in to defend her.GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!SOUNDTRACKMOVIE POSTERElvis Presley's "Girls! Girls! Girls!" is the original soundtrack album for the 1962 movie featuring Elvis Presley. The album was put out by RCA Victor and reached number three on the Top LPs chart.
The title track, "Girls! Girls! Girls!", was penned by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. Another big hit from the album, "Return to Sender", topped the charts in both the US and the UK.
Additionally, the album includes tracks like "Song of the Shrimp", "I Don't Wanna Be Tied", "Where Do You Come From", "Because of Love", and "The Walls Have Ears". PLOTMOVIE DIRECTORY