G.I. Blues (1960)

• Year: 1960
• Released: 23 Nov 1960
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053848/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/g_i_blues
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, German, Italian
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Comedy, Musical
• Runtime: 104 min
• Writer: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Cast: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers
• Keywords: musical, army, nightclub,

6.1/10

G.I. Blues Storyline

Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army….but dreams don’t come cheap. Tulsa places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can spend the night with a club dancer named Lili, who is rumored to be hard to get. When Dynamite gets transferred, Tulsa is brought in to take his place. He is not looking forward to it, but in order to keep his money, he must go through with it.

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G.I. Blues Movie Reviews

An energetic musical you can’t help but like.

Elvis’ first post army movie is about what? A G.I. in West Germany wants to buy a nightclub in Oklahoma. Tulsa McLain (Elvis) takes on a wager that he hopes will solve his money problems. He is to stay the night with ice cold, leggy dancer, Lili(Juliet Prowes). Girl dances for boy; boy sings for girl. But baby sitting becomes the problematic solution to the plot. A more grown up look for Elvis and a great soundtrack that is more pop than rock.

Swing out and sound off

Elvis Presley was a hugely influential performer with one of the most distinctive singing voices of anybody. He embarked on a film career consisting of 33 films from 1956 to 1969, films that did well at the box-office but mostly panned critically (especially his later films) and while he was a highly charismatic performer he was never considered a great actor.

Personally am of the opinion that some of his early stuff is actually pretty good (a few even more so than that), the writing and stories weren’t always a strong suit but they had good supporting performances, great soundtracks with some iconic songs, they didn’t look like they were made on the cheap and Elvis actually showed himself to be a decent enough actor when the songs and material allowed it. The later films when Elvis was past prime not only had those story and script problems but did have problems with production values, less good supporting cast and Elvis being past prime and didn’t even have the benefit of having good soundtracks.

After a two-year break for military service, Elvis makes a return to the screen with ‘GI Blues’. While it is not quite one of his very best films, being somewhat of a disappointment after ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and ‘King Creole’ (his two best, ‘Loving You’ is high up too), it does fare significantly better than pretty much every film he did afterwards and when ranked it would still rank around the top half of his filmography.

‘GI Blues’ is not perfect, its somewhat overlong length and the bland and corny script (then again the script has rarely been a strong suit in an Elvis film, with the odd exception like ‘King Creole’) being its two main drawbacks. The story is also pretty thin and formulaic.

However, Elvis, even in a substantially changed image, once again looks natural and is charismatic and charming. The sultry Juliet Prowse is likewise appealing and Robert Ivers steals scenes with some amusing moments. The soundtrack is terrific also, standouts being the title song, “Wooden Heart”, “Didya Ever” and particularly “Doin’ the Best I Can”, as well as inspired use of one of Elvis’ best known songs “Blue Suede Shoes”.

Norman Taurog, a hit and miss director for me, directs assuredly, and of his nine features with Elvis ‘GI Blues’ is one of their better collaborations easily and one where Taurog’s direction actually rises above just competent. ‘GI Blues’ is a good-looking film, being nicely shot in particular.

All in all, pretty good fifth feature for the King of Rock and Roll. 7/10 Bethany Cox

plenty of charisma

Tulsa McLean (Elvis Presley) is a tank gunner serving in Germany. He and his friends have started a band hoping to earn enough money to buy a club back home. Soldiers have a bet going to bed club dancer Lili (Juliet Prowse). Tulsa gets in on the action betting $300 on his friend Dynamite. When Dynamite gets transferred, Tulsa is recruited to take his place.

Elvis is trying to grow out of the rebel rock god into a more mature character. While he is still limited in his acting, he has plenty of charisma to spare. Half of this movie is him singing anyways. As for the romance, Lili doesn’t show up until half hour in. He’s a singer and she’s a dancer. Acting is neither of their main occupation. This is not a movie of great acting or story. It’s cute and the music is pretty good. He’s at the height of his popularity.