It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Taurog
Written by
Produced byTed Richmond
Starring
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byFredric Steinkamp
Don Guidice (uncredited)
Music byLeith Stevens
Production
company
Ted Richmond Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 3, 1963 (1963-04-03) (USA)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a crop-dusting pilot. It was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives. The film made $2.25 million at the box office.[2] Kurt Russell had a small uncredited role in his film debut.[3]

  1. ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p. 71. Figures are from rentals and not from total gross.
  2. ^ Victor 2008.
  3. ^ Knight 2009, p. 81.