"Actor: Mike Stoller"

• Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock | DVD | (13/09/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In one of his best-loved films Elvis stars as Vince Everett a small-time convict introduced to the music business by his cellmate a former country music singer who also teaches Vince the guitar. On his release Vince tastes success as a performer but becomes disillusioned by the record industry until he is advised to set up his own label. He is a sensation but now that he is a superstar will he forget the people who helped to get him there?

• Elvis Presley - Elvis In Hollywood | DVD | (21/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This 1987 documentary is distinguished by both its smart narrative premise and wonderful performance footage of Elvis Presley at the dawn of his remarkable career. With the King's melodramatic life already a familiar subject for film and print biographies, producer-directors Alan and Susan Raymond instead shaped this hour-long profile around the year that saw the charismatic Memphis singer's eruption as a pop sensation. By taking that selective path, and focusing tightly on Presley's crucial transition to a major record deal, national media exposure and the first decisive steps in his subsequent movie career, Elvis '56 achieves a unique cohesion while legitimately celebrating a remarkable period of growth.With the Band's Levon Helm narrating in his salty Arkansas drawl, the story effectively conveys Elvis' Southern perspective, while evocative use of Alfred Wertheimer's celebrated black-and-white still portraits sustains a visual style carrying over to the programme's real high points: early stage and television appearances by Presley and his original trio, later augmented into a quartet. Among the highlights are historic slots on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's variety shows: we see the joyous physicality that made the Berle performance a topic of outrage (and, of course, a swoon-worthy moment for female fans), as well as Allen's glib solution to censors' worries, forcing a static, tail-coated Presley to sing "Hound Dog" to a basset hound. --Sam Sutherland

• Jailhouse Rock | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Elvis Presley's third and best film is this musical romp released in 1957, just as the Big "E" was reaching the peak of his hip-swivelling pre-army success. Filmed in ultra-cool black and white, the movie stars Elvis as a good ol' boy who saves a woman from an assault but kills her attacker, so he's convicted of manslaughter and sent to jail. While doing time he takes up the guitar and becomes a singing sensation, ready for the big time when he's finally released. He becomes a big star but his inflated ego gets him into trouble with his former cellmate and his new girlfriend. Short on plot but heavy on rock & roll, this EP classic features such hit songs as "Treat Me Nice", "Baby, I Don't Care", "Don't Leave Me Now" and, of course, the classic title song, performed in an elaborate jailhouse number that Elvis choreographed himself. This is Elvis in all his big-screen glory, and the movie's upbeat ending made it a huge success during its original release. --Jeff Shannon

• Elvis Presley Box Set (Volume 1) | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  Includes Jailhouse Rock Trouble With Girls Spinout and Double Trouble. Jailhouse Rock: Elvis stars as Vince Everett a small-time convict introduced to the music business by his cellmate a former country music singer who also teaches Vince the guitar. On his release Vince tastes success as a performer but becomes disillusioned by the record industry until he is advised to set up his own label. He is a sensation but now that he is a superstar will he forget the people who

• Tribute To Lieber And Stoller | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Like champagne and caviar legendary songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are a perfect pairing. As one of the most prolific song-writing teams of the 50’s and 60’s Leiber & Stoller have composed some of the greatest hits in Rock ‘n’ Roll history including Jail House Rock and Hound Dog to the enduring charmers Love Potion No 9 Poison Ivy and Stand By Me. Tribute To Leiber & Stoller features an eclectic array of unforgettable tunes performed by the gamut of exciting talent including Ben E King Elkie Brooks Tom Jones Dave Gilmour and M People’s Heather Small. Tribute To Leiber & Stoller is a fitting homage to a partnership that has and will be influential to millions of music lovers around the world! Tracklist: Intro (Jailhouse Rock). Tom Jones Intro (On Broadway). Chris Rea Charlie Brown. Kenny Lynch Searchin'. Magnets Ruby Baby. Jonathon Wilkes I Keep Forgetting. Leo Sayer Love Potion No.9. Victoria Owen Neighbourhood. Paulette Ivory Poison Ivy. Jelayiu Some Cats Know. Melanie Stace Framed. Mark Lamarr Love Me. Steve Harley Smokey Joes's Caf''. Band and Vocal Treat Me Nice. Oliver Darley Pearl's A Singer. Elkie Brooks Saved. Sam Brown I'm A Woman. Jane Monheit Loving You. Corkie Hale That Is Rock And Roll. Edwin Starr On Broadway. Chris Rea Young Blood. Paul Carrack Is That All There Is? Sally Kellerman Don't. David Gilmour I Who Have Nothing. Heather Small Stand By Me. Ben E. King You Ain't Saying It. Lincoln Briney Trouble. John Altman Bossa Nova Baby. Michael Patto Fools Fall In Love. Ruby Turner Jailhouse Rock. Tom Jones Kansas City. Leiber & Stoller.