Who's more at fault for the failure of Elvis' Marriage

[utmom2008]

As far we know it could of been turned into neverland.

So true Jen! And we had Michael Jackson waiting in the wings.

[utmom2008]

I've said this before, but first on the list of people responsible for "saving" Elvis' estate and Graceland are Judge Joseph Evans of the Probate Court and Blanchard Tual, Lisa's court-appointed guardian ad litem. ALL of the trustees, including Priscilla, agreed to keep paying Parker 50% of the income generated by Elvis after he died. Judge Evans said no way, he ordered an investigation of Parker's contracts with Elvis and RCA, and then he ordered the trustees to sue Parker.

That litigation ended, finally, Parker's self-serving dealings and without it Parker would have bled the estate dry.

Great post!

[franny]

I figure if he didn't want nothing to do with her period than he should of let it be once he left germany and carried on with Anita.

Jen, I have asked this question more than once and have never had it answered...

what l meant diane fogot about priscilla, he shouldn't even gave his address or nothing if he wasn't interested in her peroid.

Exactly!

Even though some may not like Priscilla, we cannot change the FACT that Elvis married her...

Yes, Priscilla hired advisor's, but it's because she chose to hire them, that Graceland is open to the public...

franny

[Donut]

You are entitled to your own opinion and I respect you for stating it, but it is my opinion that you dislike Priscilla so much that no matter what she did or didn't do wouldn't have made a difference, so with such a baised opinion, I find it difficult to take your comments with any seriousness.

And it is my opinion that you are getting too personal here and your observation of my personal feelings are uncalled for, so stop quoting my posts if you don´t take them seriously, it´s that easy, really...

[Brian]

Jen, I have asked this question more than once and have never had it answered...



Exactly!

Even though some may not like Priscilla, we cannot change the FACT that Elvis married her...

Yes, Priscilla hired advisor's, but it's because she chose to hire them, that Graceland is open to the public...

franny

Hi Franny

Priscilla didn't hire advisors they were named in Vernon's will as the other executors the advisory board from the first national bank of Memphis along with Vernon's accountant Joe Hanks they saved Graceland not Priscilla.
Truth be told if Elvis didn't have such a loyal army of fans and Elvis didn't have the appeal that he had and continues to have Graceland wouldn't be a success at all.

[franny]

Hi Franny

Priscilla didn't hire advisors they were named in Vernon's will as the other executors the advisory board from the first national bank of Memphis along with Vernon's accountant Joe Hanks they saved Graceland not Priscilla.
Truth be told if Elvis didn't have such a loyal army of fans and Elvis didn't have the appeal that he had and continues to have Graceland wouldn't be a success at all.

Brian, I didn't say Priscilla saved Graceland...Yes, I did think she hired the advisor's though, so I am wrong in that...

Right, Graceland is only popular because of Elvis, but had it not been opened to the public, fans would not have been given the chance to see Elvis' "home"..

franny

[Brian]

I've said this before, but first on the list of people responsible for "saving" Elvis' estate and Graceland are Judge Joseph Evans of the Probate Court and Blanchard Tual, Lisa's court-appointed guardian ad litem. ALL of the trustees, including Priscilla, agreed to keep paying Parker 50% of the income generated by Elvis after he died. Judge Evans said no way, he ordered an investigation of Parker's contracts with Elvis and RCA, and then he ordered the trustees to sue Parker.

That litigation ended, finally, Parker's self-serving dealings and without it Parker would have bled the estate dry.

Hi nyc

yes that true according to Marty, Priscilla and Jack Soden wanted Colonel Parker to still be involved in the estate because they didn't have any showbusiness type experience and they wanted the Colonel's knowledge about all of that plus his knowledge about celebrity merchandising.

[presley31]

Hi nyc

yes that true according to Marty, Priscilla and Jack Soden wanted Colonel Parker to still be involved in the estate because they didn't have any showbusiness type experience and they wanted the Colonel's knowledge about all of that plus his knowledge about celebrity merchandising.

curious brian do you ever take quotes from other people besides the Memphis mafia?? There is lots of people out there have that been in elvis life too

[nyc]

yes that true according to Marty, Priscilla and Jack Soden wanted Colonel Parker to still be involved in the estate because they didn't have any showbusiness type experience and they wanted the Colonel's knowledge about all of that plus his knowledge about celebrity merchandising.

And it's true that Judge Evans refused to approve the estate's continuing relationship with Parker and ordered the trustees to sue him. And it's also true that there's a massive report by Blanchard Tual, court appointed guardian for Lisa Marie, detailing Parker's double dealing.

A Google search will pull up plenty of articles by lawyers and business reporters discussing the EPE v. Parker litigation, so I won't get into a discussion of what anyone else in Elvis' circle thought about him, except to say that Marty Lacker gives Judge Evans and Blanchard Tual the credit for saving Lisa's inheritance, too. He despised Parker, as his interviews make perfectly clear.

[Brian]

And it's true that Judge Evans refused to approve the estate's continuing relationship with Parker and ordered the trustees to sue him. And it's also true that there's a massive report by Blanchard Tual, court appointed guardian for Lisa Marie, detailing Parker's double dealing.

A Google search will pull up plenty of articles by lawyers and business reporters discussing the EPE v. Parker litigation, so I won't get into a discussion of what anyone else in Elvis' circle thought about him, except to say that Marty Lacker gives Judge Evans and Blanchard Tual the credit for saving Lisa's inheritance, too. He despised Parker, as his interviews make perfectly clear.

yes I know about google and all the articles regarding the Parker and EpE litigation I got some of my information from there as well.

[Brian]

curious brian do you ever take quotes from other people besides the Memphis mafia?? There is lots of people out there have that been in elvis life too

Yes I do

I take information from fans who know and read a lot about Elvis (books I haven't read that they have)

From the musicians that have worked with Elvis (Scotty, D.J., TCB band)

From Elvis ex-girlfriends (Anita Wood, Linda, Connie Stevens etc.)

I know some fans despies the memphis mafia but they were Elvis friends and knew him real well for a long period of time. When fans read biographies about Elvis most of those writers never met Elvis so they have to talk with people who knew Elvis and that includes the Memphis mafia guys so we are all getting some info from them me directly a lot of fans indirectly.

I got most of my info about Priscilla and the estate by newspaper articles I was just telling nyc what Marty has said about the matter.

I trust the Memphis mafia guys more than Priscilla

My favorite Elvis book is Elvis the Concert years which isn't written by a memphis mafia member

[KPM]

I've said this before, but first on the list of people responsible for "saving" Elvis' estate and Graceland are Judge Joseph Evans of the Probate Court and Blanchard Tual, Lisa's court-appointed guardian ad litem. ALL of the trustees, including Priscilla, agreed to keep paying Parker 50% of the income generated by Elvis after he died. Judge Evans said no way, he ordered an investigation of Parker's contracts with Elvis and RCA, and then he ordered the trustees to sue Parker.

That litigation ended, finally, Parker's self-serving dealings and without it Parker would have bled the estate dry.

Col. Parker was an advisor to RCA-and was negotiating with them for record deals for Elvis-a definite conflict of interest. And his gambling debts in Vegas, led to suspicions about his negotiating in good faith for Elvis there with people whom he regularly lost huge sums of cash to. Not sure if he had any side deals with MGM or Paramount-but he always got the "Technical Advisor" billing in all Elvis films for which I'm sure he got a salary?

[utmom2008]

My favorite Elvis book is Elvis the Concert years which isn't written by a memphis mafia member

I have that book as well, it's a beautiful book, BUT not one that springs to mind for personal information about Elvis and his private life.

[Diane]

I totally agree with NYC and KPM about how it all came about for the opening of Graceland as a tourist attraction. Nothing else make sense.

It seemed even in Bis & Beau that "Bis" had the business sense and "Beau" was the attraction and decoration.

Diane

[utmom2008]

It seemed even in Bis & Beau that "Bis" had the business sense and "Beau" was the attraction and decoration.
Diane

"Beau" was obviously the decoration. Have you seen the pics I have posted before? When I was there she had decorated the front windows with LOTS of pics of herself from the current issue of Ladies Home Journal. It was actually pretty funny...she was obviously quite pleased with herself.

[Diane]

Yes I did see them Rosanne....very egocentric. All pictures of her at that boutique is modeling some pretty dress or other. No desk job for that lady.

Diane

[Donut]

Pursuant to Elvis' will, he provided for his father and grandmother until their death so Priscilla couldn't do anything with Graceland until Minnie Mae died. This is fact. Please don't let your dislike for Priscilla be confused with what could be done within the legally boudaries.
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I don´t know if you are going to take this post seriously or not but Minnie died in 1980 and Delta was alive and kicking when Graceland was open to the public,this is fact too.

[Donut]

I've said this before, but first on the list of people responsible for "saving" Elvis' estate and Graceland are Judge Joseph Evans of the Probate Court and Blanchard Tual, Lisa's court-appointed guardian ad litem. ALL of the trustees, including Priscilla, agreed to keep paying Parker 50% of the income generated by Elvis after he died. Judge Evans said no way, he ordered an investigation of Parker's contracts with Elvis and RCA, and then he ordered the trustees to sue Parker.

That litigation ended, finally, Parker's self-serving dealings and without it Parker would have bled the estate dry.

Yes I have heard you mention this before. Thank you, interesting information.

[Brian]

"Beau" was obviously the decoration. Have you seen the pics I have posted before? When I was there she had decorated the front windows with LOTS of pics of herself from the current issue of Ladies Home Journal. It was actually pretty funny...she was obviously quite pleased with herself.

Hi Roseanne


have you met Priscilla?

[ehollier]

I don´t know if you are going to take this post seriously or not but Minnie died in 1980 and Delta was alive and kicking when Graceland was open to the public,this is fact too.

Yes, I already know when Minnie Mae died and Elvis did stipulate in his Will that she was to be provided for if he pre-deceased him and she was provided for until her death at Graceland while it was still not open to the public. However, his Will didn't provide for Aunt Delta after his death so EPE wasn't bound to provide for her care. If she was allowed to stay would have been a decision made by the Executor and Trustees.