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Love Me Tender (1956) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by Robert D. Webb and produced by David Weisbart.

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Love Me Tender (1956)

By Beatrice on Apr 23, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Love Me Tender Directed by Robert D. Webb Written by Robert Buckner; story by Maurice Geraghty 1956/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Amazon Instant Elvis Presley’s first movie is a bit of a mess. ?The singer looks and sounds good but that’s about it. Vance Reno... Read full article


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Cathy Reno: [Clint has just been shot after defending Vance... Cathy "Kit" Reno rushes to his side and takes him into her arms] Just lie still.
Clint Reno: [gasping for breath] Kit... where's Vance? I gotta talk to him.
Vance Reno: I'm here, Clint.
Clint Reno: [crying] Vance, I didn't mean it! I swear I didn't mean it...
Vance Reno: [softly] I know you didn't, Clint. You don't have to tell me. Everything's gonna be all right.
Clint Reno: [looks at Kit, then at Vance] Everything's gonna be all right
[last lines... gasps, then dies... Kit weeps]
Clint Reno: .


Martha Reno: Clint thinks the sun rises and sets in you.
Vance Reno: I know, Ma. That's just why I'm going.


Clint Reno: [In a rage] Go on, say it Cathy! Say you don't love him. You can't, can you? You think I couldn't feel it? With you lying awake beside me every night? Wishing I was Vance! Wishing you'd waited for him and never married me!


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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 9.5 seconds
Possibly the first American film to use a "Squib hit" on an actor (using an explosive under clothing with a blood pack to simulate a bullet hit).
Elvis Presley was later offered the starring role in director Robert D. Webb's next film, The Way to the Gold, but 20th Century-Fox refused to pay the $250,000 plus 50% of the profits that Elvis' manager asked (Fox had offered $150,000 plus 50%).
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