Click Here To Watch Movie Trailer 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. BOUNCING FROM PLACE TO PLACE Click Here To Read: "CHAUTAUQUA" In a scene with Johnny played by Edward Andrews. THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS F.Y.I. Chautauqua was an institution that provided popular adult education courses and entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. WORKING TITLES BOUNCING FROM PLACE TO PLACE 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. PREVIOUS In June 1959 it was announced that Don Mankiewicz would write a screenplay of an unpublished story by Mauri Grashin, Day Keene, and Dwight Babcock.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. THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS "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. LOCATION WORKING TITLES BOUNCING BELOW: In a scene with Charlene played by Marlyn Mason. THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS (AND HOW TO GET INTO IT)" was filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California. BOX OFFICE LOCATION WORKING TITLE THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS MGM released the film on Wednesday, September 3, 1969. "THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS" performed poorly in cinemas but strongly on the drive-in circuit. CAST BOX OFFICE LOCATION CAST THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS BOX OFFICE CAST (CONTINUES) 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 CAST (CONTINUED) THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS CAST PLOT NEXT 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. THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS PLOT CAST SOUNDTRACK BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY 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). RENT OR PURCHASE MOVIE HERE SOUNDTRACK (CONTINUED) THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a soulful track from 1969 by Elvis Presley that conveys a poignant message regarding the importance of focusing on one's own affairs and steering clear of hypocrisy. SOUNDTRACK BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY "CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD" (Click for Movie Scene)