The golden age of romance and song johnny tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is travelling through the middle east on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, sands of the desert. Elvis presley stars as a movie star who is coerced into taking part in a plot to assassinate an arab king. Financial analysis of harum scarum 1965 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Anarchic and mythological war of the sexes as depicted in daniel clowes graphic novel, like a velvet glove cast in iron. Harum scarum 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. Elvis presley, mary ann mobley, fran jeffries, michael ansara, jay novello, theodore marcuse, billy barty. The films plot is the standard piffle elvis plays a movie star who gets caught up in some mideastern romantic intrigue and sings his way through it but the movies theme allows the usual. Antonyms for harum scarum include responsible, cautious, careful, wary, circumspect, chary, heedful, guarded, alert and cagey.
Without stating the obvious, original elvis presley material is highly sought after and rare daybills such as these are now incredibly hard to find. All rights reserved by rca records, a division of sony music entertainment this album download features high resolution cover art. Harum scarum play movie scene selection elvis trailer gallery jailhouse rock 1957 it happened at the worlds fair 1963 tickle me 1965 viva las vegas 1964 harum scarum 1965 play all languages spoken languages. Elviss nineteenth motion picture, harum scarum 1965 was made during a period in the singers career when he was grinding out three films a year, thanks to colonel tom parkers exploitive contractual agreements. Over the course of his last several films, e had worked his way through country and western flaming star. Harum scarum hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding music. Perhaps the movie was silly but if you listen to this album by itself, the music is beautifully haunting. Well, who am i to disagree with the man who engineered the financesfirstcreativitybedammed hollywood contracts for elvis presley. It has that middle eastern vibe or rudolph valentino sheik thing going on. Harumscarum definition of harumscarum by merriamwebster. Recording sessions took place at rca studio b in nashville, tennessee, on february 24, 25, and 26, 1965. In any books about elvis career, harum scarum is always trashed as a movie.
Film starring elvis presley released in 1965, in which the popular singer travels to the middleeast and is forced to assassinate people. Elvis presley, mary ann mobley, fran jeffries, michael ansara, jay novello, philip reed, theo. The band released three lps, a 7, a split ep with stupor, a demo cassette, and a live lp. Harum scarum is the eleventh soundtrack album by american singer and musician elvis presley, released by rca victor in mono and stereo, lpmlsp 3468, in november 1965. Harumscarum meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Harumscarum definition and meaning collins english. Harum scarum is an unusual presley vehicle set in the the mideast with a special blend of the 1960s and some typical presley music. While this eighteenday wonder is little more than a costume drama parody with some acrobatic action shades of douglas fairbanks and a desert romance, its ironically timely now. Gerald drayson adams screenplay has been hobbled together from many different sources with what seems to be little regard for coherence or logic, let alone wit, spontaneity, or entertainment. Harumscarum was an femalefronted punk band hailing from portland, oregon. Come down and give me your word that this harumscarum boy of mine hasnt done anything ungrateful or impertinent. Weve arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find. Harem holiday, harem scarum, in my harem, a lo loco.
Harum scarum, released in europe as harem holiday, is a 1965 musical film and comedy starring elvis presley. Some of the film was based on rudolph valentinos the sheik released in 1921. Harum scarum movie 1965 elvis presley, mary ann mobley, fran jeffries. In the book members of the female sex, led by the charismatic. Harum scarum 1965 cast and crew singer and movie star johnny tyronne elvis presley is promoting his newest film in the middle east when he is kidnapped by a bumbling group of wouldbe assassins. The film is regarded by many elvis fans as one of his worst, despite being the only film he received a million dollar salary for appearing in.
Harem scarem disambiguation this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title harum scarum. Harum scarum was elvis nineteenth movie, and it premiered on november 24, 1965. Dec 14, 20 elvis presley stars as modernday singing movie star johnny tyronne, whos kidnapped by a murderous band of assassins while on a promotional tour in the midd. Elvis presley harum scarum movie soundtrack amazon. Harum scarum, the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, is one of elvis presleys most ambitious musical statements, blending intoxicating middleeastern melodic passages with some of his finest ballad singing. Harum scarum by gene nelson elvis presley, mary ann mobley. Free online retail movie dvd covers art archive database. Harum scarum was an femalefronted punk band hailing from portland, oregon. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Harumscarum frequently used political and social topics, some of them controversial, for song material. It was during this period in his life that elvis had considered becoming a monk and started visiting the spiritual selfrealization fellowship. Elvis, the musicians and song writers pull it together. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for harum scarum.
Elvis presley, jay novello, mary ann mobley, michael ansara, philip reed, fran jeffries official content from mgm home entertainment a. Superstar elvis presley jailhouse rock stars in this funfilled romp as an american film star who is kidnapped while touring the middle east. To begin with, elvis had, by 1965, reached a stage where his vocals were so effortless and spoton that it was likely he could entertain audiences simply by singing chunks of the phone book out loud. While this eighteenday wonder is little more than a costume drama parody with some acrobatic action shades of douglas fairbanks. The many elvis fans deluxe gatefold sleeve packaging contains some excellent photos and rare publicity stills. Generally considered to be one of the entertainers weaker movies. As with most presley movies of that era, this movie lacks a good theme and script but presley does manage to pull out some of his best music. Released 1965, harum scarum stars elvis presley, mary ann mobley, michael ansara, jay novello the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for harumscarum.
See more ideas about elvis presley, elvis presley movies and rock and roll. You see, it was also around this time that presley got himself a new hairdresser and spiritual advisor in larry gellar, and so disillusioned and internally lost was. Harum scarum soundtrack elvis presley cdalbum 1965. Elvis presley stars as modernday singing movie star johnny tyronne, whos kidnapped by a murderous band of assassins while on a promotional tour in the midd. Elvis gets the arabian princess, and rescues good arabs from evil ones. Harum scarum elvis presley dvd 1965 1956 amazon uk.
I was a harumscarum, reckless lad, and he had had an education, and was already marked for the swordbelt. Harum scarum released in the united kingdom as harem holiday is a 1965 american musical comedy film starring elvis presley, which was shot on the original cecil b. Mgm put harum scarum in the hands of producer sam katzman, director gene nelson, and writer gerald drayson adams. But the biggest logistical hurdle for harum scarum came when katzman almost lost his star after he took a gander at the script. The memoirs of sherlock holmes, by sir arthur conan doyle hang the rambler. Very dedicated fans of elvis presley and devotees of camp filmmaking may enjoy harum scarum, but most viewers will find it hard to make it to the end of this mess of a movie. There are some silly elvis movies that i enjoy watching, tickle me, kissin cousins, live a little to name a few. But harum scarum really isnt that much fun and strains all creditability. Mar 06, 2015 free harum scarum dvd cover 1965 r1 ready to download and print. Harum scarum sleazy, raucous, musical secretion bred from the dark glamour of daytona beach, fl.
Harumscarum crossword answers, clues, definition, synonyms. With elvis presley, mary ann mobley, fran jeffries, michael ansara. Harum scarum by gene nelson elvis presley, mary ann. That was colonel parkers take on harum scarum in a letter to mgm prior to the films release in november 1965. American singer johnny tyrone is enlisted by sinister forces to assassinate an arab king whose daughter he has fallen in love with. Harum scarum 1965, metrogoldwynmayer partial cast list. Information and translations of harum scarum in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. All rights reserved by rca records, a division of sony music entertainment this album download features high resolution cover art only. Harumscarum definition and meaning collins english dictionary.
Harum scarum 1965 fourleaf productions metrogoldwynmayer mgm p. We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word harum scarum will help you to finish your crossword today. It is the soundtrack to the 1965 film of the same name starring presley. I know there are some loyal presley fans out there who actually like harum. American singer johnny tyrone is enlisted by sinister forces to. A fat autistic drunk sexually confused bad bard that may or may not be a dwarf and is defiantly the cause of the end of the world. Considering this was the same trio responsible for the feeble kissin cousins a year earlier, the outcome of elviss nineteenth picture was predictable.
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