TCM Wednesday Elvis' 90th Birthday!

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4:00 Kissin Cousins

A singing military officer gets mixed up with his look-alike hillbilly cousin.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
A pair of broke, smalltime pilots go to the Seattle World's Fair to try to win some money, but find romance instead. When the local sheriff impounds their crop duster plane to pay gambling debts, pilots Mike Edwards and Danny Burke travel to the World's Fair with a plan to make the money they need at the poker tables. But Mike meets a lost little girl, whom he takes on a tour of the fair, and a beautiful nurse, whom he would like to pursue...but first he must find the little girl's parents in this romantic musical comedy.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 PM Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Young Vince Everett goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a barroom brawl while defending a young woman's honor. After Everett's cellmate teaches him how to play guitar and encourages him to sing, Everett's hip-swiveling, electrifying performance at a jailhouse concert leads to stardom. But fame quickly gives Everett an oversized ego, and only the loss of his voice and the loyalty of his friends as he struggles to sing again teach Everett to appreciate his good fortune.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:45 PM Viva Las Vegas (1964)
A race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time away in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine. Soon, he strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

11:15 PM Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
The King's classic Las Vegas concert film, restored in 2001.
Dir: Denis Sanders. Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:AM Girl Happy (1965)
A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y