| Screening Time: Saturday,
May 3, 8:00 PM, Bengies Drive-In
Put on your blue suede shoes, hop in your pink cadillac, and
head on out to Bengies Drive-In for a night of Elvis movies. See
a double feature under the stars on the biggest screen on the
East Coast, and because you never know who will show up, we’ll
leave a ticket for The King at the ticket booth.
FOLLOW THAT DREAM
Director:
Gordon Douglas
Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna
Moore, Jack Kruschen
Country: U.S.
Year: 1962
Running Time: 111 minutes
Format: 35mm
In 1962’s Follow that Dream, Elvis plays the unfortunately
named Toby Kwimper. When he and his pop are travelling through
the Florida Keys with the plucky orphans they are caring for,
their car breaks down. The group decides to set up a community
on the unclaimed roadside land. Everything is fine until the mob
decides to set up a gambling operation and the state supervisor
sends a sexy social worker in to try to take away the orphans.
Features the songs “What a Wonderful Life,” “I’m
not the Marrying Kind,” and the title song.
CLAMBAKE
Director:
Arthur Nadel
Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Will Hutchins, Bill Bixby
Country: U.S.
Year: 1967
Running Time: 100 minutes
Format: 35mm
Elvis is Scott Heyward, an oil-heir millionaire playboy who switches
places with a water-skiing instructor to see if girls will like
him for himself, and not just for his father’s money. He
quickly falls for Dianne Carter (Fabares), but her focus is on
a wealthy boat racer (Bixby), and she has no desire to waste her
time with a “penniless” ski instructor. To impress
her and win her heart, Elvis decides to fix up an old speedboat
and win the regatta. Features the title song and “You Don’t
Know Me” among others.
--Dan Krovich |