Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Taurog
Screenplay byEdward Anhalt
Allen Weiss
Story byAllan Weiss
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Starring
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Edited byStanley E. Johnson
Music byJoseph J. Lilley
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • October 31, 1962 (1962-10-31) (Honolulu)[1]
  • November 21, 1962 (1962-11-21) (Los Angeles)[2]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,600,000 (USA)[3][4] or $3.6 million (US/Canada)[5]

Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaii-based fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the film. The film peaked at #6 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at #19 on the year-end list of the top-grossing films of 1962, having earned $2.6 million at the box office.[3] It was also nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture - Musical in 1963.

The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location in Hawaii.

  1. ^ "Girls! Girls! Girls! - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Elvis' Film Opens Today". Los Angeles Times: Part IV, p. 6. November 21, 1962.
  3. ^ a b "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The Numbers. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  4. ^ Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
  5. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. January 9, 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures