Movie review – Elvis#11 - “Girls Girls Girls” (1962) ***

Breezy, highly enjoyable Elvis film, with catchy songs (including ‘Return to Sender’) and Hawaiian location footage. Elvis sings to cute Chinese girls and romances a rich girl pretending to be poor; there’s also a rival cocky boat guy plus a torch singer he has a seemingly platonic friendship with (Stella Stevens).

The plot is weak even by Elvis standards – he’s a fisherman who wants to buy his own boat and romances the rich girl. Towards the end they seem to forget there is a plot, then suddenly remember and throw in an attempted rape on water for Elvis to bust up.
The female lead isn’t much despite a great sexy kissing in the thunder storm scene between her and Elvis; you wish the role had been played by Stella Stevens, who is wasted. Edward Anhalt co-wrote the script!