Long sleeved shirts


I thought it kind of odd that, even though the movie is set at the beach, Elvis wears long-sleeve shirts the whole time. The other guys in his band wear short-sleeves or even go shirtless, but not him. I think he even wears a wind-breaker in the water skiing scene, while Shelly is in a bathing suit.

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In one scene, Shelly was wearing a turtle neck sweater while they were in a boat and he was singing to her. Maybe it's still cool in Florida in the spring??? Or that particular spring??? I've never been there....

I really don't why Elvis wore long sleaves all through the movie. Maybe he had a problem with showing his bare arms.
Thanks for pointing it out. I have never noticed that before, and I've seen this one quite a number of times. It's one of the few Elvis movies I actually like. I just saw it on TCM this morning.

Fasten your seatbelts.... It's going to be a bumpy night!

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Funny this was mentioned for it wasnt Elvis that really caught my mind on this. I was watching the scene where the 3 guys are at the beach with their girls after Elvis told them to go enjoy themselves and he was watch Val alone. At the beach 2 of the guys are wearing long sleeve shirts sitting by girls in bikini's and one of them looks like a sweatshirt to me. I didnt think it was this cool in florida during spring bring. I felt that was the time setting for they sing "Spring Fever" Of course that song alludes that Spring is about to start. Still I would think it would not be chilly.

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Good point. I've been binging on Elvis films fron the 50s and early 60s since I saw the new Elvis film and you know what? I've never seen him in short sleeves, the shortest shirt is 3/4 just below the elbow.

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