Girl Happy (1965)

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Captivating movie !

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

A fun, mildy amusing Elvis Presley movie with some not so bad songs "Puppet on a String" "Girl Happy" and "Do Not Disturb" being the best. Elvis plays nightclub singer (again!) Rusty Wells in Chicago. The Nightclub owner, a short tempered, loud, tough guy known affectionately as "Big Frank" sends Rusty and his two bandmates to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to watch over his gorgeous 21 year old daughter Valerie - played by Elvis' favourite co-star Shelley Fabaras in her first of three appearances as an "Elvis Girl". The boys follow Val and her two friends to the popular holiday resort in Fort Lauderdale in time for "Spring Fever" where hundreds of lusty university students flock to in search of fun and romance, under strict orders to keep the wolves at bay for Big Frank...or else! The film also stars another beautiful lady as an Elvis love interest, former "Miss America" Mary Ann Mobley who would also appear in The King's next film "Harum Scarum". In the midst of trying to enjoy some romance of his own with Ms. Mobley, and keep those wolves away from Val, Rusty finds himself falling for Val. After spending a fabulous day with Rusty, Val speaks to her father on the phone and tells her all about him...only for Frank to spill the beans on the real reason Rusty is there for - to mind her for him. This sends Val over the edge, and after a drunken night out ends in a bar brawl and a spell in the local police cell, an amusing attempt to get himself arrested to get her out due to a soft natured policeman, Rusty finally breaks in to the cell by digging a tunnel in in true prison spoof style! When Big Frank gets wind of his daughter's arrest he arrives in town raging, but after a heart to heart with him Val tells her of her feelings for Rusty, and after a dazzling performance in the local Club the two are finally United with Big Frank's blessing. Girl Happy is silly, sixties fun. It has some funny moments - such as one of the band mates disgust at his girl ditching him for another bloke "Where is he!? If I find him I'll break him in half!" he brags...as the new body building boyfriend appears and whisks her away. An enjoyable, fun film. The girls get Elvis, the guys get Shelley Fabaras and Mary Ann Mobley - everyone's a winner!

Girl Happy is a nice little movie starring Elvis Presley as Rusty Wells, a nightclub singer hired by Big Frank, a mobster, to watch his daughter, Valerie, who is played by Shelley Fabares.The movie is nothing special, a usual Elvis Presley movie that is supposed to give us an hour and a half of fun. The movie features a nice soundtrack with Elvis Presley as the lead singer, and if you listen carefully to the soundtrack and follow along with the movie, the soundtrack carries the plot of the film. The movie has its moments and one funny moment in the movie was a part where Rusty is trying to romance a girl even though he is in a romance with Valerie, and he has to keep Valerie out of his motel room well he is romancing this girl.I rated this the same as Jailhouse Rock, which is another Elvis movie that is perhaps more well-known than this one. I liked the soundtrack of this movie because I felt the songs were well-written and carried the plot of the movie. However unlike Jailhouse Rock, this movie did not require any acting. Any three guys around Elvis' age could have played the parts of Rusty's friends.Girl Happy is a nice movie featuring silly situations and a good soundtrack. It is nothing special by any means, but manages to deliver an hour and a half of quality entertainment. This movie is highly recommended for any Elvis Presley fan.

With the metaphorical anvil of university exams dangling precariously overhead, I decided I needed something to lighten the mood. So I turned to the King, Elvis Presley – a man whose legendary talent, charm, and good looks were sure to brighten my wearied spirits. In this frothy 1960s teen comedy with a stupid title, Rusty (Presley) and his band of sex-starved musicians (including Gary Crosby, son of Bing) are sent down to sunny Fort Lauderdale to chaperone, from a distance, the daughter of their employer. Though initially unenthusiastic about watching the plain-looking, academic Valerie (Shelley Fabares), the boys quickly change their tune when she lets her hair down and slips into something, let's say, more appropriate to the Florida climate. Many romantic hijinks consequently ensue, including a high-speed boat ride, an impromptu beach party (involving a completely hideous "dance" called The Clam), a drunken strip-club brawl, and a prisonbreak going the wrong way. Most films that try to make a beautiful actress appear plain or bookish (usually before a surprising transformation) do an absolutely terrible job of it. Here, conversely, a very pretty Shelley Fabares is made to seem convincingly unappealing in her first few appearances. This illusion is, of course, quickly abolished, as Rusty comes to fall for her intelligent charms, even while straying occasionally towards a more conventional pin-up girl called Deena (Mary Ann Mobley). Though the boys' spring-break romances never get beyond wholesome necking, the social attitudes are nevertheless rather liberal, with frequent overt references towards sex. (Even the nerdy bloke, played by Peter Brooks, ultimately decides that casual sex is better than finding "a girl with a mind"). Elvis' performance is laidback and entertaining, and Fabares has a fun chemistry with him; she would appear in two more movies opposite The King.

Thinly "plotted" Elvis Presley comedy with Shelley Fabares, who reportedly was Elvis' favorite of all his leading gals. Elvis is the front man in a vintage '60s pop group who leaves the snowy city of Chicago along with his band mates for a spring break down in the warm and bikini-busy Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He manages to secure the trip by telling his mobster employer that he'll be sure to keep an eye on his boss' college-aged daughter (Fabares, who's cuter in SPINOUT) while she's also vacationing down there with her girlfriends. Typically zany mishaps ensue, but along the way there are some enjoyable songs... "Girl Happy," which is the best of the bunch, "Do Not Disturb," "Puppet on a String", "Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce", and the latest beach blanket rage, "Do the Clam"! Presley still seems to be pretty game. **1/2 out of ****