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Priscilla told him very quickly in the relationship she felt safe to tell him anything and could be herself around him and then he turns arounds and cheats on her, and then resents her because they live in her house and because she has more opportunities than him, and then falls in love with her daughter? The inspiration for the major motion picture Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola, this New York Times best seller reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it. Priscilla was clearly very much in love with him, from a very young age, but her vulnerability shines through in this book.
This was a good listen but I did get a little annoyed with the reader’s frequent chuckling at some passages. It also provided insight into the development of Priscilla's home life with Elvis and the difficulties of life with a movie star. It's also disturbing to know that while Elvis was very controlling and abusive with Priscilla and those who worked for him, he was under the abusive control of Colonel Parker.He didn’t just groom this little girl to be his ideal partner, but a daughter he could share a bed with and it’s nauseating. Turns out that movie was inspired by this very book, and it premiered in 1988—which meant I would have been a 6 year old with no business watching it!
He was wrong about a lot of things because of insecurities but no one is perfect and there is a reason for it all. Priscilla Presley had the GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY cast upon her when Vernon Presley died thereby leaving the entire Estate to Lisa Marie (who Priscilla had to care for and make business decisions accordingly). What mainly disturbed me was Michaels strong sexual feelings towards Lisa Marie who was only twelve at the time. Priscilla says she was aware he had been dating Anita Wood, a girl from Memphis, when they first met in Germany and that he had continued the relationship for nearly two years following his discharge from the Army. In a televised interview on January 14, 2005, with Larry King on CNN's Larry King Live, Anita Wood said that following media reports of a girlfriend in Germany, Elvis "had me believing that she (Priscilla) was just a friend and her daddy was in the Army with him, and there was nothing to it whatsoever.
The television special motivated Elvis and he began recording at the American Sound Studios in Memphis owned by Chips Moman.
The news was picked up by every major newspaper in America and Elvis informed Priscilla that he and Colonel Tom Parker thought it best for her to "go back to Memphis till it calms down. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. After a second wedding reception at Graceland for friends and Memphis locals, Elvis and Priscilla went to his ranch near Horn Lake, Mississippi where they locked themselves away for several days of much needed privacy. I would’ve wanted even more reflections from her side how she believes that this has affected her life and her personality.In the TV movie, the confrontation was portrayed over the Ann-Margret affair, not over Fabares as written in the book). Another adaptation by director Sofia Coppola will be released in October of 2023, titled Priscilla and starring Cailee Spaeny in the title role. But when you’re talking about Elvis, you accept the cheese and flash as part of his legend, knowing where he ended up in life wasn’t where he hoped to be when he rocketed onto the scene in the late 1950s and changed music as we knew it forever. Here’s a related side hop down memory lane: After I started reading this, I had a flashback to being a kid, remembering watching a TV movie about Elvis and Priscilla on a tiny television set in my parents’ bedroom.
Priscilla describes how her father reluctantly allowed her to live in Memphis, Tennessee to be near Elvis. All Priscilla does mention is the idea of mothering, how she enjoyed taking care of the king of rock n roll himself. Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special was an enormous success, the highest-rated television special of the year and his closing song titled " If I Can Dream" became his first million-selling record in several years. Obviously if Priscilla's ex wouldn't have been Elvis, he wouldn't be so hung up on talking about him. This pattern began before they were married, but in her 2005 made-for-television documentary titled Elvis by the Presleys, she admitted he had affairs with other women during their marriage.
It sucks to be a fan of someone's music and performances and then you find out that their personal life is disturbing. One such time was when Elvis released " (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame", Priscilla wondered at that time if Elvis was dating a girl named Donna Marie. This success led to a five-year contract for appearances twice a year, with the largest fee ever paid to any singer in history. I found Graceland much more interesting than I would have ever thought and decided reading Priscilla's take on it would be good. But Priscilla is about to tell her side of the story—and already did, actually, in the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, which Sofia Coppola has adapted for her upcoming film, Priscilla.
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