The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

APPROPIATE

2002 / 52min.

Rating5.2

Genres

Documentary

Music

Synopsis

"The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960, in which Elvis Presley excited a whole nation as the "King of Rock and Roll" in the big television shows of the time. One highlight of this time periode was Elvis' 1960 combeback hosted by Frank Sinatra, which marked his first appearance on televison after his two-year stay in the army.

Directors

Actors

Steve Allen

Milton Berle

Elvis Presley

Ed McMahon

Frank Sinatra

Dick Clark

Henry Stephens

Joe Esposito

Glen Campbell

Sammy Davis Jr.

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