THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS
The full title is "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS (AND HOW TO GET INTO IT)," which was one of his final acting roles, along with "CHANGE OF HABIT" for the same year. It is based on the 1960 novel "CHAUTAUQUA" by Day Keene and Dwight Vincent Babcock.
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In a scene with Johnny played by Edward Andrews.
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F.Y.I. Chautauqua was an institution that provided popular adult education courses and entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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In 1964 actor, Dick Van Dyke, was signed to star in a film titled "CHAUTAUQUA" based on a book called "MORALLY WE ROLL ALONG" by Gay MacLaren. After several years of failed screenplays and cast changes, MGM sold the rights to the film to Columbia Pictures in May 1965. Columbia also struggled to get the project off the ground, and in April 1968 sold the rights back to MGM. This time MGM lined up Elvis Presley to star. Production began in the fall of 1968.
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In June 1959 it was announced that Don Mankiewicz would write a screenplay of an unpublished story by Mauri Grashin, Day Keene, and Dwight Babcock. By December 1960, with the project titled "CHAUTAUQUA," MGM was ready to make the film with Glenn Ford. Rumors circulated in Hollywood at the time stated that Elvis Presley would co-star with Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Arthur O'Connell. The film never came to be and was shelved.
Elvis in the role of Walter Hale, manager of the traveling Chautauqua.
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"CHAUTAUQUA" was the working title, but it was later changed to "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS (AND HOW TO GET INTO IT)" when the producers worried that audiences would not understand the title or be able to pronounce it.
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BELOW: In a scene with Charlene played by Marlyn Mason.
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"THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS (AND HOW TO GET INTO IT)" was filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California.
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MGM released the film on Wednesday, September 3, 1969. "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS" performed poorly in cinemas but strongly on the drive-in circuit.
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Elvis Presley as Walter Hale
Nicole Jaffe as Betty Smith
Marlyn Mason as Charlene
Edward Andrews as Johnny
Sheree North as Nita Bix
Vincent Price as Mr. Morality
John Carradine as Mr. Drewcolt
Duke Snider as The Cranker
Dabney Coleman as Harrison Wilby
John Rubinstein as Princeton College Student
Anissa Jones as Carol Bix
Susan Olsen as Auditioning Singer
Frank Welker as Rutgers College Student
Joyce Van Patten as The Swimmer
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Anissa Jones, best known for playing Buffy on the television program "FAMILY AFFAIR," made her only film appearance in "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS."
Elvis’s manager, Thomas Parker, wanted actress Jean Hale for the female lead, but Marlyn Mason was cast at the insistence of director Peter Tewksbury.
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A traveling Chautauqua company arrives in a small Iowa town in 1927. Manager Walter Hale (played by Elvis Presley), is trying to prevent Charlene (played by Marlyn Mason), one of the members of the troupe from forming a union which is causing internal problems and dividing the troupe. At the same time, Walter finds himself solving the murder of the town’s pharmacist, Harris Wilby (played by Dabney Coleman).
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