Harum Scarum
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Greg -
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Well, hopefully there aren't too many Elvis films which fit the bill !Colin, brevity in a review has it merits. And they can be recycled.
"-----(insert random '60s Elvis movie)...sucks."- By Colin B.
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Sue -
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Harem is an eastern ruler's collection of women [or the place where they live].
The word harum only seems to exist when used in conjuction with its partner scarum.
Harum scarum means a hodge-podge, a mess, all-over-the-place.
Actually, it's quite an apt title for the film !
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The word harum shouldn't be confused with harem [as in Harem Holiday]It takes my mind off of the cares of the world - like Harum Scarum, and why it's spelled wrong.
Harem is an eastern ruler's collection of women [or the place where they live].
The word harum only seems to exist when used in conjuction with its partner scarum.
Harum scarum means a hodge-podge, a mess, all-over-the-place.
Actually, it's quite an apt title for the film !
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Ah-Hah! Got it, Colin!! Now it all makes sense!!! Great name for a
GREAT movie!! Actually being confused isn't so bad; better than worrying
about the cares of the world!!!
sue
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GREAT movie!! Actually being confused isn't so bad; better than worrying
about the cares of the world!!!
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sue -
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Is the problem persisting ?
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Only 'cos you have trouble spelling it !
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Can't say I've experienced that.I don't know why I have to keep editing
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Only 'cos you have trouble spelling it !
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I watched it on DVD recently (probably saw it over 25 years ago originally as kid) and thought it was pretty shabby. Still, go in with low expectations and be rewarded with at least a few decent Elvis songs and
some nice leading ladies. But what a script...!
It's also the only Elvis movie set in the Middle East. That's something
different, right folks?
I still say it has some kind of "reverse charm."
some nice leading ladies. But what a script...!
It's also the only Elvis movie set in the Middle East. That's something
different, right folks?
I still say it has some kind of "reverse charm."
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admittedly...the hilight was elvis in the middle of a bunch of harem girls.
the songs, really, aren't half bad. not elvis spectacular, but not bad for his mid-60s lite soundtrack fare.
shoot me. i kinda enjoyed it. it could be worse--it could have shelley fabares.
and i dig the middle-eastern garb. it's not half as rediculous as a few mid-60s things they put on him...at least it all seemed to fit, whereas a few movies looked like they made his clothes a few sizes too small. ::cough:: vlv's jackets ::cough::
and if we're going to talk movies where he looks like a sausage--kid galahad and follow that dream were in need of weight loss suplements. paradise, hawaiian style wasn't nearly that bad as far as elvis' appearance.
and at least he had sideburns in this movie--even though they were horribly pointy...but that's better than none at all. it's about the time we started seeing them reemerge.
also goodbye to the stupid hair lock that bounced around the front of his face in front of the blueish helmet hair, that he had in frankie & johnny (and btw, that's one of my favorite elvis movies, but not a good hair year).
so yeah...harum scarum has the reemergence of sideburns.
albeit, it wasn't until live a little, love a little or so that he emerged as the more mature-looking elvis.
i tend to view the 60s as the big awkward-looking stage. he was neither young/cute or mature/hot. personally i find him more attractive in the late-70s than i do in the early-mid-60s...just not a flattering period.
the songs, really, aren't half bad. not elvis spectacular, but not bad for his mid-60s lite soundtrack fare.
shoot me. i kinda enjoyed it. it could be worse--it could have shelley fabares.
and i dig the middle-eastern garb. it's not half as rediculous as a few mid-60s things they put on him...at least it all seemed to fit, whereas a few movies looked like they made his clothes a few sizes too small. ::cough:: vlv's jackets ::cough::
and if we're going to talk movies where he looks like a sausage--kid galahad and follow that dream were in need of weight loss suplements. paradise, hawaiian style wasn't nearly that bad as far as elvis' appearance.
and at least he had sideburns in this movie--even though they were horribly pointy...but that's better than none at all. it's about the time we started seeing them reemerge.
also goodbye to the stupid hair lock that bounced around the front of his face in front of the blueish helmet hair, that he had in frankie & johnny (and btw, that's one of my favorite elvis movies, but not a good hair year).
so yeah...harum scarum has the reemergence of sideburns.
albeit, it wasn't until live a little, love a little or so that he emerged as the more mature-looking elvis.
i tend to view the 60s as the big awkward-looking stage. he was neither young/cute or mature/hot. personally i find him more attractive in the late-70s than i do in the early-mid-60s...just not a flattering period.
"Thank you very much. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the big, freaky International Hotel. Those little weirdo dolls on the walls. And those little funky angels on the ceiling. Uh, this is my first live appearance in 9 years. H-uhh! Thank you. I've appeared dead a few times, but this is my first live appearance. Before the evening is up, I will have made a complete and total fool of myself, and I hope you get a kick out of watching it." --EP
Elvis' Babe wrote: and if we're going to talk movies where he looks like a sausage--kid galahad and follow that dream were in need of weight loss suplements. paradise, hawaiian style wasn't nearly that bad as far as elvis' appearance.
Just not true. He's far bulkier in PHS. There's a good reason that, although it's set in Hawaii, we never see Elvis with his shirt off.