More Sparks?

[cameron]

As we know Ann's book didn't gave away any secrets.
But, I enjoyed her interview .


http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/...out_elvis.html

Gotta go called away.

[utmom2008]

Obviously. But the movie was a visual representation of the genuine spark that was between them and, by all accounts, it carried over into real life.



With the exception of Yvonne Craig, no other co-star but AM was invited to his homes, as far as I remember reading. There may very well have been on-screen sparks with some of his co-stars, but none that carried over into real life. And he only spoke of AM to those close to him with an affection that simply wasn't there for his other co-stars.



Did he really? I always hear the sound of a chugging train when I talk of the wedding, as in Elvis was railroaded ... by Cilla, her parents (especially), the Colonel and Vernon. He may very well "loved" Cilla, but there is no way he was in love with her; something that has been debated on several other threads.

You hear the sound of a train...or the sound of a gun, as in "shotgun" wedding

[presley31]

As we know Ann's book didn't gave away any secrets.
But, I enjoyed her interview .


http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/...out_elvis.html

Gotta go called away.

Thanks for the link, Ann has always been very lovely when she talks about elvis, Great woman indeed.

[Lisarose]

I think Elvis was infatuated with Priscilla's looks at first and that it wore off into simple affection but never "in love".

Diane

I know that Priscilla is not popular with a lot of fans, & up until her excessive plastic surgery- let's not go there - anyway, I think Elvis more than cared for her. But also, I think that like in everything else, when Elvis gave his word to Priscilla & her parents that he would take care of her & that they would eventually marry, that he knew eventually he would do as he promised. Elvis was a man of his word. Maybe he was hoping that she would change her mind? After all, if Priscilla had changed her mind and gone back to Germany, Elvis would have been off the hook. I don't know, but I know that there were a lot of sparks between Elvis & Ann. That said, some of my favorite photos are the ones of Elvis & Priscilla together. Maybe they weren't in love, but they did care deeply about each other.

Are there any personal photos of Elvis & Ann together, that is not from the movie?

[presley31]

I know that Priscilla is not popular with a lot of fans, & up until her excessive plastic surgery- let's not go there - anyway, I think Elvis more than cared for her. But also, I think that like in everything else, when Elvis gave his word to Priscilla & her parents that he would take care of her & that they would eventually marry, that he knew eventually he would do as he promised. Elvis was a man of his word. Maybe he was hoping that she would change her mind? After all, if Priscilla had changed her mind and gone back to Germany, Elvis would have been off the hook. I don't know, but I know that there were a lot of sparks between Elvis & Ann. That said, some of my favorite photos are the ones of Elvis & Priscilla together. Maybe they weren't in love, but they did care deeply about each other.

Are there any personal photos of Elvis & Ann together, that is not from the movie?

The only pics l seen is elvis and ann in the movies, none of them personal pictures.

[Donut]

It seems to Elvis had to be drawn to Priscilla to continue the relationship after Germany. He had a lot of girlfriends in his day and only Priscilla was moved in permanent-until the divorce.

We can´t know what went inside Elvis head for sure just get to conclussions by his actions but Priscilla wouldn´t have live there permanently if Anita Wood wouldn´t have choose to leave Elvis. Judging his letters to her Anita was the one he wanted to have a steady relationship with but she was smarter than that...

[LianaKaralivanou]

My opinion is that you can fall in love many times in your life and feel passion too many times but there is only ONE true love. I think that Elvis really loved Priscilla that's why he married her. We all know that there were so many women in his life so I guess that he felt PASSION for most of them, including Ann. But talking about marriage,well, that's a different story.

[KPM]

You only need to look at the pictures of them together to see the sparks. The director of the movie, in fact, had a huge crush on AM, and resented Elvis a bit because of EP and AM getting together. The spark was not manufactured by a movie director; but the movie only served to heighten something that was already there.


KPM
Never said it was manufactured, but I'll agree it was "heightened" quite a bit by the way the movie was shot and directed in my opinion. Parker was supposedly unhappy that the director was giving Ann too many close shots.
But his way of directing many scenes with quick cut full face close-ups did a lot to capture the "sparks" As I sadi before no one can deny there were sparks between them.
My point is no one followed Elvis and Priscilla with a 16mm camera and tried to capture any sparks which might have been there (or to heighten them in any way.) No one said "Cut" "We need a little more emotion right here, a little more closeness in this scene" etc.... all of which happen with every movie made.
So to decide there were "never any fire or sparks" between Elvis and Priscilla
is just a matter of opinion and interpretation. But I would not compare the "movie heightened sparks" to everyday real life with any couple. IMO




EP and AM had a relationship for a long time after the movie. They did take it further than what went on during the filming of Viva Las Vegas.
I don't think I need to list a source for that ... do I?

From all I can recall reading there romantic relationship was pretty much over after Ann told a newspaper in- England (I think it was England) that she and Elvis were going to marry. From that point on it was never the same.
They did indeed remain very good friends for the rest of their lives- but not romantically. She did marry Roger Smith a few days after Elvis married Priscilla and she has been happily married ever since.

[KPM]

IMO Elvis did love Priscilla, but it was one of a companion, Priscilla resented being the mother figure that Elvis wanted and moved on. It is also my opinion that she was indeed infatuated with Elvis in the beginning and that she couldn't live the lifestyle that Elvis lived, she then systematically and calculatedly went on to manipulate Elvis into marriage and having a child knowing how this would make Elvis the doting father and then stayed around long enough to get the cash out the bank!

I don't resent Priscilla, In fact she did what millions of other women wanted to do! I also think that Priscilla gets a terrible press, I think she has paid her dews having had to live in the shadow of an enormous talent. Priscilla has caved in to greed and become a symbiont that feeds its self to nourish her self worth.

To get back on topic I think that Anne Margaret understood what the pressures of fame were and that Elvis was betrothed to another, I also think that they both understood that a flame that burns bright, doesn't burn for long

I agree quite a bit here. Elvis married Priscilla and had to love her IMO.
Ann and Elvis had great chemistry and the sparks were definitly there but 2 huge egos were involved, 2 big careers each in full swing. Flames spark emotion and those moments are great-but then realities slowly creep in.

[geordie]

There may have been love there, but we are talking about sparks ... chemistry ... a frisson.

There was absolutely none between Elvis and Cilla.

Boooooooooooooring ... !

i think what people are seeing here is LUST, lust is one thing, love is a entirely different thing. it goes much deeper, as anyone who has been married for a long period of time will testify to.i really do think elvis loved priscilla but as someone on here said,after i would say 1961 as more as a sister,but there was still love there.

source----- h.p brown

[Stryx]

I agree quite a bit here. Elvis married Priscilla and had to love her IMO.
Ann and Elvis had great chemistry and the sparks were definitly there but 2 huge egos were involved, 2 big careers each in full swing. Flames spark emotion and those moments are great-but then realities slowly creep in.

If you watch that interview with Ann about Elvis, she still seems to have quite deep feelings for him.

In fact, she seems to have deeper feelings for him than any I have witnessed from Priscilla.

The again.....maybe Priscilla is the better actress, and thus able to hide her true feelings in public

[presley31]

I agree quite a bit here. Elvis married Priscilla and had to love her IMO.
Ann and Elvis had great chemistry and the sparks were definitly there but 2 huge egos were involved, 2 big careers each in full swing. Flames spark emotion and those moments are great-but then realities slowly creep in.

agreed KPM

[Getlo]

i think what people are seeing here is LUST, lust is one thing, love is a entirely different thing.

Some people might be seeing that, yes ... but not I.

I'm talking about the spark of love. There was lust between Elvis and most of his co-stars and between him and most of the women he met.

But love? That was reserved for very few. And I just simply never saw the "real thing" between Elvis and Cilla.

[Awickedreigndrop]

I think that a lot of people confuse love and lust, I mean the people who are involved in the relationship. I guess the only way you can defuse it is by getting to know that person. I wonder what would have happened between Elvis and Ann if they didn't break things off and was together longer....

[Getlo]

From all I can recall reading there romantic relationship was pretty much over after Ann told a newspaper in- England (I think it was England) that she and Elvis were going to marry. From that point on it was never the same.

I believe AM has said that she was misquoted and that her words were taken out of context in this interview. It did cause tension (especially when Cilla read it!). I would believe AM if she says she was misquoted, as I don't believe she is the sort of person who would announce something like that if it were not true.

[KPM]

I believe AM has said that she was misquoted and that her words were taken out of context in this interview. It did cause tension (especially when Cilla read it!). I would believe AM if she says she was misquoted, as I don't believe she is the sort of person who would announce something like that if it were not true.

Yes I would believe her also, regardless it did pretty much stop the romantic relationship. But its great they always were friends with mutual respect.

[KPM]

If you watch that interview with Ann about Elvis, she still seems to have quite deep feelings for him.

In fact, she seems to have deeper feelings for him than any I have witnessed from Priscilla.

The again.....maybe Priscilla is the better actress, and thus able to hide her true feelings in public

I know my brother deeply loves his wife but to talk with him you'd never know it- he can seem pretty cold. People are different in how their emotions show through. But I agree Ann seems to have a soft spot in her heart for Elvis and the time they shared. Perhaps Elvis was her first "true love"-some people always carry feellings for the first love.
By the same token she also shows how much she loves her husband and their marriage has been a very happy one, so I don't think she has any regrets. IMO

[rhythmknights]

seems like Elvis' song should have been Love the one You're With.
from everything iv'e read, he seemed to truly love the woman of the moment, sometimes even beyond that moment. There are alot of female fans who say the same, that when they met him, he made them feel like they were the only one in the room.
- sigh- to be that woman for only a moment!

[Burning_Love]

IMO, there were sparks between Elvis and Priscilla, and Elvis and Ann.
I think Elvis was very much in love with both. But Priscilla was more of a dream, a fantasy, she was amazingly pretty and did everything Elvis wanted.

But Ann is a different story. Perhaps Elvis was drawn to her because of the way she was with him "Treat 'em Mean, keep 'em keen" Sorta thing. But i think they both loved each other but they loved their future more.

But there are more love in their eyes than Elvis and Priscilla's. IMO.

[SleepyJack]

I wonder how many times Priscilla has watched "Viva Las Vegas"??!!!