Scene from the movie with Sue Lin played by Vicky Tiu. MOVIE DIRECTORY MOVIE TRAILER IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR LOCATION "IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR" was filmed at the site of the Century 21 Exposition also known as the 1962 World's Fair. A scene with nurse Diane Warren played by Joan O'Brien. IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - LOCATION LOCATION (CONTINUES) The scenes at the fair were filmed over ten days in September 1962. The fairgrounds were packed and noisy, and Elvis drew crowds wherever he went. Fortunately, several key scenes were shot on the actual fairgrounds without incident. PREVIOUS Other filming locations were near Camarillo, California during the hitchhiking and crop-dusting scene. On location during the filming of "IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR." IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - LOCATION BOX OFFICE The Globe Optical was used as one of the backdrops when Elvis and Sue Lin arrived at the monorail station. It is a shop that presently still operates in downtown Seattle, Washington. LOCATION LOCATION (CONTINUED): The Space Needle served as a backdrop for several scenes. The revolving restaurant was recreated back at the studio soundstage with the film's art directory, Preston Ames, who instructed his team to create a huge canvas mural of the view from the Space Needle. To make it look as though the restaurant was revolving, the art department pulled the mural along behind the restaurant set so it gives the appearance that the restaurant was revolving. Publicity still from "IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR." IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - BOX OFFICE CAST LOCATION Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer on Wednesday, April 3, 1963, and grossed $2.25 million in the United States. MORE RELEASE DATES Italy Finland Argentina Colombia (television premier) Sweden West Germany Norway Venezuela Spain Austria Japan Mexico Portugal France Denmark Israel August 8, 1963 September 23, 1963 September 20, 1963 November 1, 1963 December 3, 1963 December 26, 1963 December 21, 1967 October 19, 1964 November 22, 1963 January 15, 1964 December 1963 November 29, 1963 December 7, 1963 August 5, 1987 March 18, 1970 November 6, 1963 IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT Elvis Presley as Mike Edwards Joan O'Brien as Diane Warren Gary Lockwood as Danny Burke Vicky Tiu as Sue-Lin Yvonne Craig as Dorothy Johnson H. M. Wynant as Vince Bradley Kam Tong as Walter Ling Guy Raymond as Barney Thatcher Edith Atwater as Miss Steuben Dorothy Green as Miss Ettinger Kurt Russell as Shin Kicker Sandra Giles as Lily IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - CAST BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT Kurt Russell, in his screen debut, plays the boy who kicks Elvis Presley's shin. Recalling the scene years later, Russell says that he didn't want to do it because Elvis was such a huge star and Russell was a fan of his. He says that finally Elvis paid him $5 to do it and he did. Russell would later go on to play the role of Elvis in the 1979 TV movie, ELVIS. Elvis Presley's best friend Joe Esposito makes an uncredited appearance in the film as the game attendant who gives Sue-Lin the red stuffed dog. Vicky Cayetano who was only six when she played, Sue Lin, owns a business in Hawaii and is married to the former governor, Benjamin J. Cayetano. According to Feliks Banel (see http://www2.kuow.org/program.php?id=27930), Vicky expressed Elvis’s compassion on set when she was a child. During one scene Vicky couldn't get her lines right. For take after take, she just couldn't do it. When the director became impatient, Vicky began to stutter. Elvis at that moment stopped the scene. Vicky Cayetono stated, "And I remember Elvis saying, 'That's a cut, you know. I'm gonna take the little lady and we're gonna go eat.' And he took me to dinner and I cried and told him how homesick I was and he was just really very sensitive and he gave me a box of chocolates, and we had a wonderful dinner on top of the Space Needle. And the next day we did the same scene and I got it down." CAST (CONTINUED): Click here for the 1979 movie "ELVIS" starring Kurt Russell. IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - PLOT CAST PLOT (CONTINUES) Crop dusters Mike Edwards (played by Elvis Presley) and Danny Burke (played by Gary Lockwood), lose possession of their airplane because Danny gambled away the money Mike earned to pay off their debts. Now they have to re-earn the money before their plane is auctioned off. MOVIE PURCHASE OR RENTAL IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - PLOT SOUNDTRACK CAST BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY While hitchhiking, Mike and Danny receive a lift from an apple farmer, Walter Lin, and his niece Sue Lin. When they end up at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, Mike is hired to babysit and take Sue Lin to the World’s Fair. When Sue overeats at the fair, Mike takes her to the on-site doctor’s office where he falls for nurse, Diane Warren (played by Joan O’Brien). Mike becomes a full-time father when Sue-Lin’s uncle disappears. In the meantime, Danny attempts to earn money for their plane in less than honorable ways. PLOT (CONTINUED) SOUNDTRACK The soundtrack for the film "It Happened at the World's Fair" features ten songs performed by Elvis Presley, and was released by RCA Victor in April 1963.
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