Girls!
Girls!
Girls!
The King's eleventh film,
"Girls,
Girls,
Girls"
was released in 1962 and featured Elvis as a charter boat pilot. Ross Carpenter loves his life on the sea as a fishing guide/sailor, so when he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, Ross tries to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built.
His life is further complicated by two lovely girls he is divided between: insensitive club singer Robin (Stella Stevens) and sweet Laurel ( Laurel Goodwin).
This movie marked the debut of the hit song "Return to Sender"!
Laurel Goodwin was born August 11, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas.
Laurel’s first film was 1962’s
Girls!
Girls!
Girls!,
in which she co-starred with the very popular Elvis
Presley. Goodwin played the role of Presley’s leading lady, Laurel Dodge, a rich who
pretends she doesn’t have money so men will like her for who she really is. Following her
work with the King, Laurel guest starred on 2 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies
and 1 episode of The Virginian. In 1963, Goodwin starred as Augusta, Jackie
Gleason’s older daughter in the film Papa’s Delicate Condition. For the next few
years, Laurel co-starred in the films Stage to Thunder Rock, The Glory
Days, and an episode of Get Smart. To date, Goodwin's last acting appearance
was in 1965 when she was on Star Trek in the original pilot episode The
Cage.
Jeremy Slate was born February 17, 1926. His career started
out with numerous guest-starring roles in popular television
programs of the 50s, such as Gunsmoke ( in which he was
featured in 9 episodes in 1955, alone!), Alfred Hitchcock
Presents, and Perry Mason, to name but a few.
In 1960, Slate’s hard work paid off when he landed his first movie role in Elvis’ G.I. Blues, costarring Juliet Prowse. Two
years later, he worked with the King once again in
Girls!
Girls!
Girls!, playing Elvis’ boss, Wesley Johnson. After Jeremy’s Elvis
flicks, he appeared in no less than 19 movies and television shows,
most notably being an 8-year run as character Chuck Wilson on
the daytime serial, One Life to Live. During this time, he
suspended his work in films.
When Slate concluded his role in OLTL, he resumed
working in movies, most recently starring as Father Francis
McKeen, the Lawnmower Man, in the Stephen King movie of the
same title.
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