Flaming_Star

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flaming Star Flaming Star Flaming Star title was Black Star. It was directed by Don Siegel. Plot Elvis Presley plays Pacer Burton, the son of a Kiowa mother and a Texas rancher father. Along with his half-brother, Clint, the four of them live a typical life on the Texas frontier. Life soon becomes anything but typical when a nearby tribe of Kiowa begin raiding neighboring homesteads. Pacer soon finds himself caught between the two worlds, part of both but belonging to neither. Primary cast Theatrical release poster Directed by Produced by Written by Don Siegel Michael D. Moore David Weisbart Clair Huffaker (novel) Clair Huffaker Nunnally Johnson Elvis Presley Barbara Eden Cyril J. Mockridge Charles G. Clarke Hugh S. Fowler 20th Century Fox December 20, 1960 101 min. United States English • • • • • • • • Elvis Presley as Pacer Burton Barbara Eden as Roslyn Pierce Steve Forrest as Clint Burton Dolores del Rio as Neddy Burton John McIntire as Sam ’Pa’ Burton Rodolfo Acosta as Buffalo Horn Karl Swenson as Dred Pierce Ford Rainey as Doc Phillips Soundtrack The soundtrack was not released as an album as the film contains only two songs; only "Flaming Star" was released on an EP entitled Elvis By Request - Flaming Star to coincide with the film’s release. Two other songs, "Britches" and "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears", were originally scheduled to be part of the movie but in the end were not included. "Summer Kisses" was released on the Elvis by Request EP and would later appear on the compilation album Elvis for Everyone five years later. "Britches" and "Cane and a High Starched Collar" (the second song to actually be included in the film) would not be released until after Presley’s death as part of RCA Records’ A Legendary Performer series. An early version of "Flaming Star", using the film’s working title, "Black Star", was also recorded and not released until the 1990s. Flaming Star was the first Presley film not to have a full soundtrack release in either LP or EP form (although the Elvis by Request Starring Music by Cinematography Editing by Distributed by Release date(s) Running time Country Language Flaming Star is a 1960 western film starring Elvis Presley, based on the book Flaming Lance (1958) by Clair Huffaker. A dramatic role, it is said that Elvis Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the halfbreed "Pacer Burton." The film’s working 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia release come close). This would happen again in 1961 with Wild in the Country, and become standard procedure for Presley’s later films, beginning with Stay Away, Joe. Flaming Star was suggested for the role of the elder brother. • The original female lead was English actress Barbara Steele who was replaced with Barbara Eden during filming • This movie’s publicity still of Elvis was used by Andy Warhol to create several silkscreens: "Double Elvis", "Triple Elvis", and "Elvis 11 Times". Track listing 1. "Flaming Star" (Sherman Edwards, Sid Wayne) 2. "A Cane and a High Starched Collar" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) Recording musicians • • • • • • • Elvis Presley (vocals) The Jordanaires (background vocals) Howard Roberts, Tiny Timbrell (guitars) Myer Rubin, (bass) Bernie Mattinson, Buddy Harman, (drums) Jimmie Haskell (accordion) Dudley Brooks (piano) See also • List of American films of 1960 • List of Elvis Presley films • Elvis Presley discography External links • Flaming Star at the Internet Movie Database • ’Flaming Star’ co-star, Barbara Eden, remembers Elvis Presley at ElvisPresleyBiography.com. Trivia • This was Elvis’ first non-musical film role. It did not perform as well at the box office as his musicals, leading Colonel Tom Parker to decree that Presley would perform only in musicals from here on. Elvis wouldn’t release another nonmusical film until 1969’s Charro! -another western. • The role of Pacer was originally written for Marlon Brando, whilst Frank Sinatra Movie reviews • Movie review by For Elvis Fans Only • Review by Rachel Sanders at Apollo Movie Guide. DVD reviews • Review by Jon Danziger at digitallyOBSESSED!, August 12, 2002. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Star" Categories: 1960 films, 20th Century Fox films, American films, English-language films, Films directed by Don Siegel, Films shot in CinemaScope, Drama films, Western (genre) films This page was last modified on 26 April 2009, at 11:01 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 2