A home-town reporter tells the truth

[The fool]

A home-town reporter tells the truth
by Edwin Howard
Movie Life, May 1958

[George Smith]

A fascinating if somewhat downbeat article, thank you for posting.

That may be the clearest picture of the "first interview pose" I've ever seen.

[Mister Moon]

Thank you very much, The fool, for posting this article.

Anything written by Edwin Howard is worth reading. He always offered intelligent and insightful views on his subjects.

I like how he shows his admiration for Marion Keisker in this article : "(...) a friend whose opinions and enthusiasms I had learned to respect."

As for the first photo, I agree with George. This is a lot clearer than ever, albeit cropped. It's especially clearer around his eyes, which always seemed too dark. I know there's an alternate for this shot that appeared in a vintage article too, but this is definitely the same as ever, just clearer, with less contrasts :

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[The fool]

That may be the clearest picture of the "first interview pose" I've ever seen.

Thank you very much, The fool, for posting this article.

Ok, so here it is a little bigger.

[jurasic1968]

Thank you very much for this article and the great picture of the "teenager" Elvis. I wonder now after all these years if Marion Keisker was like a second mother to Elvis, because it seems she knew him so well. And she saw problems about insecurity and entourage, problems which will became bigger and bigger in the future. She hoped the Army will make Elvis more at ease and mature, but we know that the Army made him more stressed and vulnerable, a changed man and not in good ways.

[Rocker]

Thousand thanks as always!