Ann Margret & Elvis

[May]

Here's a thought.

A lot of people (me included initially) think AM would have been the perfect match for Elvis had she not been so "career minded". Yet, their affair didnt go on that long (all affairs that only last a year or so are "hot", for want of a better word! )

Do you think she makes out their affair was more than it actually was? I mean, she doesnt say anything in interviews. does that mean she is discreet or does that mean there isnt actually THAT much to say?



I was on u tube once and I saw a comment about how phoney AM was. Just made me think.

[Diane]

Here's a thought.

A lot of people (me included initially) think AM would have been the perfect match for Elvis had she not been so "career minded". Yet, their affair didnt go on that long (all affairs that only last a year or so are "hot", for want of a better word! )



Do you think she makes out their affair was more than it actually was? I mean, she doesnt say anything in interviews. does that mean she is discreet or does that mean there isnt actually THAT much to say?



I was on u tube once and I saw a comment about how phoney AM was. Just made me think.

I personally think Elvis and Ann were very well suited to each other but that the Colonel interfered in their relationship.

I don't think she is phoney or makes out that there was more to their relationship than there actually was....I think she is just very private and uncomfortable talking about her life and Elvis.

Diane

[GIORGIA]

I personally think Elvis and Ann were very well suited to each other but that the Colonel interfered in their relationship.

I don't think she is phoney or makes out that there was more to their relationship than there actually was....I think she is just very private and uncomfortable talking about her life and Elvis.

Diane

You read in My Mind!

[May]

I have ALWAYS thought the same as you two. Until I saw that u tube clip. I dont dont doubt their relationship was passionate. I just wondered if she makes it out to be more than it was.

[Diane]

I have ALWAYS thought the same as you two. Until I saw that u tube clip. I dont dont doubt their relationship was passionate. I just wondered if she makes it out to be more than it was.

I don't think so. Remember Elvis came on pretty strong with all the women he saw....at least when he was younger. If she believed there was more than she thought in the relationship, it could very well be that Elvis put that thought there.

Diane

[GIORGIA]

I don't think so. Remember Elvis came on pretty strong with all the women he saw....at least when he was younger. If she believed there was more than she thought in the relationship, it could very well be that Elvis put that thought there.

Diane

You right!
Again you read in My Mind!

[Brian]

I personally think Elvis and Ann were very well suited to each other but that the Colonel interfered in their relationship.



Diane

The Colonel didn't interfered in their relationship

[GIORGIA]

The Colonel didn't interfered in their relationship

But,maybe yes,look at the releshionship with Anita.........................

[Brian]

Here's a thought.

A lot of people (me included initially) think AM would have been the perfect match for Elvis had she not been so "career minded". Yet, their affair didnt go on that long (all affairs that only last a year or so are "hot", for want of a better word! )

Do you think she makes out their affair was more than it actually was? I mean, she doesnt say anything in interviews. does that mean she is discreet or does that mean there isnt actually THAT much to say?



I was on u tube once and I saw a comment about how phoney AM was. Just made me think.

I don't think she makes it out to be more than what it was but their relationship is overrated.

When fans say Elvis and Ann should have been married because they were a perfect match and they would've had this great life together and she would have been better for him than Priscilla etc.

I think that's overstepping things when Elvis met Ann Margret he wasn't ready to settle down and he never wanted to marry someone in showbiz.

Now I do think they would've stayed together at least a couple more years if Priscilla wasn't in the picture but they would never have made it down the aisle.

Had they gotten married it would have lasted a few years then they would have gotten a divorce.

Ann Margret was always working and so was Elvis so when would they have seen each other?

That's a common problem in celebrity marriages and an even more common problem in celebrity divorces.

Also I would be suprised if Elvis had stayed faithful to her during their relationship/marriage and that's something I doubt AM would have put up with.

So I would bet money that if they had gotten married it would have lasted maybe 5 years.


I think the reason Ann Margret doesn't talk more about Elvis is out of respect to her husband Roger Smith.

It wouldn't make him feel good if his wife talked about her relationship with another man.

Also Ann Margret is someone who rarely talks about her private life.

[Brian]

But,maybe yes,look at the releshionship with Anita.........................

Ann Margret has spoken about why she and Elvis broke up.

She never even mentions the Colonel


Colonel Parker didn't really get involved with Elvis and Anita's relationship
He just suggested to Elvis that he should wait a few years before he married her due to his career.

Elvis and Anita Wood break up had to do with Elvis not the Colonel.

Elvis just didn't want to marry Anita.

[Diane]

You could be right Brian as it bothers me that Elvis never loved anyone strong enough to stay with them. He stayed with Priscilla but he still did as he pleased. It bothers me why he couldn't love anyone strong enough to be faithful to them or to fight for them??

Diane

[Brian]

You could be right Brian as it bothers me that Elvis never loved anyone strong enough to stay with them. He stayed with Priscilla but he still did as he pleased. I often wonder why he couldn't love anyone strong enough to be faithful to them or to fight for them??

Diane

To be a bachelor and to be Elvis Presley was a great thing.


As for Elvis not staying with anyone he was just never ready

He never sowed his wild oats.

That's why I think he should have never married anyone until he got the playing around with other women out of his system.

If Elvis and Linda Thompson had gotten married in 1973 or 1974 it would've eventually ended in divorce as well because of the womanizing.

[Diane]

To be a bachelor and to be Elvis Presley was a great thing.


As for Elvis not staying with anyone he was just never ready

He never sowed his wild oats.

That's why I think he should have never married anyone until he got the playing around with other women out of his system.

I agree with you there, he shouldn't have married when he did.


Diane

[Brian]

Another thing to think about about in the Elvis and Ann Margret relationship.

Ann Margret wasn't able to have children so if they had gotten married no kids.

[GIORGIA]

Ann Margret has spoken about why she and Elvis broke up.

She never even mentions the Colonel


Colonel Parker didn't really get involved with Elvis and Anita's relationship
He just suggested to Elvis that he should wait a few years before he married her due to his career.

Elvis and Anita Wood break up had to do with Elvis not the Colonel.

Elvis just didn't want to marry Anita.

I heard about the colonel from Anita,because she respond this at the question:Why you don't married Elvis?And she respond this,and I believe in her,like Ann,and maybe Ann don't said nothing about the colonel,maybe because she woudn't tell more of that she already said.

[Brian]

I heard about the colonel from Anita,because she respond this at the question:Why you don't married Elvis?And she respond this,and I believe in her,like Ann,and maybe Ann don't said nothing about the colonel,maybe because she woudn't tell more of that she already said.

I heard Anita Wood wanted to settle down and marry Elvis
Elvis didn't want to marry her.

In the early 60's she found out about Priscilla so she left Elvis

It's in an interview from Elvis World Japan

It's true Anita didn't like the Colonel but he had nothing to do with their break up.

Colonel Parker didn't get involved with Elvis' private life



Ann Margret talks about Elvis telling her about Priscilla in her book
or she alludes to him telling her about it.
That was the reason for their breakup

[Diane]

Colonel Parker didn't get involved with Elvis' private life

No I can't totally agree with that. He did have something to do with the burning of Elvis' religious books along with Priscilla and that's butting into Elvis' personal life.

I'm still not convinced he didn't interfere in Elvis' relationships with women as well. What I will never understand is why Elvis listened to him so much.

Diane

[Brian]

No I can't totally agree with that. He did have something to do with the burning of Elvis' religious books along with Priscilla and that's butting into Elvis' personal life.

I'm still not convinced he didn't interfere in Elvis' relationships with women as well. What I will never understand is why Elvis listened to him so much.

Diane

Take for example June Juanico

I don't know if Elvis and June were really engaged but lets say for the sake of argument they were.

June says Colonel Parker wanted Elvis to wait 3 years before getting married because it was just the start of his career.

June agreed but the reason they ultimately broke up (according to June)
was because of all the stories of Elvis with other women and her meeting someone else.
I think Elvis really wasn't that serious about June.

I think Elvis agreed to let them burn his religious books

I think the Memphis mafia wanted and asked Parker to get involved in that
so he did and he got rid of Larry Gellar.

I don't think Elvis listened to the Colonel as much as has been claimed.


For example Colonel Parker gets blamed 100% for the movies and fans think Elvis would've of made great films if he had another manager.

Elvis was offered a long term contracts by Hal Wallis that he signed.
I think Elvis movie career was going real good until the success of Blue Hawaii then all the studios wanted to duplicate that films success so movies like Girls! Girls! Girls!, Fun in Acapulco, Paradise Hawaiian Style and Girl Happy were clunked out.

It wasn't a case of Elvis taking Colonel Parker's advice and accepting these movie roles he had too or he would've been sued for breach of contract that would've cost him millions.

Others actors had contracts like this back then that they had to fulfill
A lot of people think you could just pick and choose which roles to do like they do now.
But that wasn't the case for many actors/

Colonel Parker gets all the blame but people like Hal Wallis and the other studio bosses get a pass from fans.

I think Hal Wallis had more to with Elvis movie career than Parker.
If Wallis was really serious about developing Elvis into a serious actor
He would've gave him a role in the Rainmaker instead of loaning him out to FOX to make Love me Tender.

[debtdbruno]

The Colonel didn't interfered in their relationship

In thought it was over the papers insinuating they were engaged, and Elvis went mad at her. He thought she had planted the story

[debtdbruno]

You could be right Brian as it bothers me that Elvis never loved anyone strong enough to stay with them. He stayed with Priscilla but he still did as he pleased. It bothers me why he couldn't love anyone strong enough to be faithful to them or to fight for them??

Diane

Do you feel that he had arrived at the age where he would have been faithful to one woman had he met the right one?
Still don't think Ginger was 'the' one..........but someone, if he had got the wild oats out of his system.