While fans in English-speaking countries are familiar with the normally seen Elvis film posters, many will probably not have seen the very different Elvis film posters released in countries including Argentina, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Spain and Yugoslavia.
In this pictorial spotlight article, EIN presents 25 rarely seen Elvis film posters and lobby cards, starting with what is arguably the most dramatic Elvis movie poster, an extra large 4 sheet (40" x 60") released in Italy promoting Charro:
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France
Love In Las Vegas
(Viva Las Vegas outside Europe)
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France
Wild In The Country
(poster title translates to Wild Love) |
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Germany
Easy Come, Easy Go
(poster title translates to Seaman Ahoi!)
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Germany
Kissin' Cousins
(poster title translates to The Wild Women of Tennessee)
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Italy
California Holiday
(Spinout outside Europe)
(poster title translates to I Want To Marry Them All)
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Italy
Clambake
(poster title translates to Millionaire but Lifeguard)
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Italy
Girls! Girls! Girls!
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Italy
Speedway
(poster title translates to At Full Throttle)
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Japan
Wild In The Country
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Mexico
Jailhouse Rock
(lobby card)
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Mexico
Wild In The Country
(lobby card)
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Belgium
Paradise, Hawaiian Style |
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Spain
Live A Little, Love A Little
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Spain
Flaming Star
(title translates to Star of Fire)
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USA
Easy Come, Easy Go
(huge six sheet measuring 81" x 81")
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UK
Elvis Unleashed
(2019)
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Yugoslavia
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
(poster title translates to Paradise in the Hawaiian Way)
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And in a move some fans may find surprising, after Charles Bronson became a superstar in parts of Europe, Italy re-released a number of films he had co-starred in, with the film posters giving him top-billing:
Kid Galahad - Bronson gets top-star billing above "Elvy Presley"
A number of the posters and lobby cards can be found on movie poster sites, Amazon sites, and ebay. (Spotlight, Source: EIN)
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READER FEEDBACK and corrections!
Dirk Broeckaert: Thank you for al these rare Elvis movie posters. For me the Belgian posters are among the most beautiful ones. Many of them I saw when the cinemas showed the Elvis movies. On the Belgian posters you could almost always read the French title and the Flemish title. And the Flemish title was almost always at the bottom of the poster. In the French part of my country they folded the poster so you could only see the French title. Therefore I can see that de King Creole poster is not from France and the Paradise Hawaiian Style poster is not from South Africa. Both are Belgian posters. I find the EIN site very interesting and look everyday for news.
EIN thanks Dirk for bringing the errors to our attention. (now corrected)
Melissa Stuart: Fabulous posters, some of them are way better than the American ones. Do you have more we can see?
Steven Pierson: Great idea for an article. I would love to have some of those originals hanging in my music room. They would have been a nice addition to the terrific Elvis files movie book.
EIN agrees - the book you mention would be this Alan Hanson book 'Elvis The Movies'
Susan T: That Elvis Charro Italian poster is HOT HOT HOT. The rest are not to shabby either. Thanks EIN - more please.
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