{"id":327,"date":"2025-08-22T19:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:03:05","slug":"everybody-loved-elvis-presley-in-this-movie-but-few-noticed-the-weird-detail-about-his-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Everybody loved Elvis Presley in this movie \u2013 but few noticed the weird detail about his hair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can watch *Love Me Tender* for free on YouTube, Elvis Presley\u2019s 1956 acting debut originally titled *The Reno Brothers* but renamed after his hit song. Set after the Civil War, Elvis plays Clint Reno and, though only third-billed, impressed the crew by memorizing everyone\u2019s lines. At its New York premiere,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over 1,500 fans screamed so loudly many of his lines were drowned out. Producers had not planned for him to sing, but quickly added songs to showcase his star power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Off-screen, Elvis grew close to co-star Debra Paget and even proposed, though she declined; years later, Priscilla Presley copied Paget\u2019s hairstyle to attract Elvis. His character\u2019s death upset his mother, leading producers to add a final singing silhouette despite continuity issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film also has amusing bloopers, like zippers and cars in Civil War scenes, but it remains a cultural milestone, marking the beginning of Elvis\u2019s Hollywood journey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can watch *Love Me Tender* for free on YouTube, Elvis Presley\u2019s 1956 acting debut originally titled *The Reno Brothers* but renamed after his hit song. Set&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":425,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}