Elvis Telephones Us!
by Lee Silvian
Motion Picture, April 1960
Telephone interview, January 1960
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Telephone interview, January 1960
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Re: Telephone interview, January 1960
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Re: Telephone interview, January 1960
Excelent interview. Thank you very much for another great magazine 
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Re: Telephone interview, January 1960
Interesting article and thank you for posting.
It's interesting that as the interview goes on, Elvis seems to get pissed off a little at Lee. He is very careful about what he says and how he says it... and he's quite good at reading into her questions. I wouldn't say he steers the interview but he does well to keep her from veering away from her list of questions.
Man, he could have wrote a book on how to speak to the media. He was one of the best I've ever heard... and as got older became a true master. I absolutely love that TV Guide interview he gave in Florida in 1956.
It's interesting that as the interview goes on, Elvis seems to get pissed off a little at Lee. He is very careful about what he says and how he says it... and he's quite good at reading into her questions. I wouldn't say he steers the interview but he does well to keep her from veering away from her list of questions.
Man, he could have wrote a book on how to speak to the media. He was one of the best I've ever heard... and as got older became a true master. I absolutely love that TV Guide interview he gave in Florida in 1956.
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Re: Telephone interview, January 1960
Thanks for the share. Here we have another interview with Elvis that otherwise would be unknown to us.
It appears he placed a call to New York entertainment reporter and publicist Lee Silvian from his Bad Nauheim home in mid-January 1960, just before his final furlough to Paris.
The piece reads like almost a straight transcript of the call, which means she must have recorded it. Does the tape exist today? I doubt it.
It's true that some of the questions are almost meant to provoke a reaction, but Elvis sees them coming a mile away. He'd learned a lot since turning professional in July 1954.
Funny that when Elvis returned to the states in March, he touched down in New Jersey, at McGuire Air Force Base, a couple of hours south of Brooklyn. Did she make it there to see his return? We may never know.
Thanks again.
It appears he placed a call to New York entertainment reporter and publicist Lee Silvian from his Bad Nauheim home in mid-January 1960, just before his final furlough to Paris.
The piece reads like almost a straight transcript of the call, which means she must have recorded it. Does the tape exist today? I doubt it.
It's true that some of the questions are almost meant to provoke a reaction, but Elvis sees them coming a mile away. He'd learned a lot since turning professional in July 1954.
Funny that when Elvis returned to the states in March, he touched down in New Jersey, at McGuire Air Force Base, a couple of hours south of Brooklyn. Did she make it there to see his return? We may never know.
Thanks again.
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Dr. John Carpenter, M.D.
Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
Dr. John Carpenter, M.D.
Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
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Re: Telephone interview, January 1960
Totally agree, what a great interview.elvis-fan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:51 pmInteresting article and thank you for posting.
It's interesting that as the interview goes on, Elvis seems to get pissed off a little at Lee. He is very careful about what he says and how he says it... and he's quite good at reading into her questions. I wouldn't say he steers the interview but he does well to keep her from veering away from her list of questions.
Man, he could have wrote a book on how to speak to the media. He was one of the best I've ever heard... and as got older became a true master. I absolutely love that TV Guide interview he gave in Florida in 1956.
Would have been fascinating to get Elvis' genuine thoughts in those crucial 67/68 years just before he met Steve Binder and everything changed.
Thanks again.
Cheers
Piers