Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis -- NOT!


When Elizabeth Taylor died at age 79, I knew there wasn't much history between her and Elvis, but I recalled there was one picture of the two stars in my files.  It came off the internet somewhere.

 
 
Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis

 

I thought the picture was real, so I tried to figure out when it could have been taken.  Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor were in the movie Giant together.  It was released in 1956, the same as Elvis' film Love Me Tender, so I figured they met in Hollywood while both movies were being filmed.  Boy, I wish I hadn't written that in the original version of this article.

I was guilty of incomplete research -- the filming for Giant was done in 1955.  The picture must be a Photoshop creation.  Here's the real one.
 

 

I got my first clue that something was wrong when this rather strangely composed comment came in:

Hi  Gigant film in 1955 and This picture is a fake??

From the beginning, the original Elizabeth Taylor/Elvis post received lots of hits.  But, three weeks later, I couldn?t figure out why the pace never slowed up.  There had to be something going on..

The mystery was solved when a link came in from Elvis-Collectors.com, and I followed it back.  There were 57 comments in the thread, and they made it perfectly clear that the photo was a fake.  Here are some of the more interesting ones, complete with the authors? unusual log-in names:


JimmyCool

 So is this a fake too?


TCB-Fan

Phonier than a 3 dollar bill.


elvisjock

While there is no photographic evidence publicly available, it makes sense that Elvis and Liz would have crossed paths at least once over the years.

 

James G

I scanned the Tayor biographies on Amazon just now and there is no mention of her meeting Elvis.


Blue Gypsy

Funny you should say that because after seeing this topic I went to Books a Million.com and read every single one of Elvis' biographies and I also did not see a single mention of Liz Taylor!


drjohncarpenter

Unless Elvis hopped into a time machine while in Shreveport, LA in December 1956 for the Hayride Benefit Show, and transported himself onto Stage 1 in Burbank, CA during the making of Warner Brothers' "Giant" in September 1955, yes it is most definitely a fake.


JimmyCool

Oh, you're right, I found the original pic:


Some of these folks really got into this.  How about Blue Gypsy reading every single Elvis biography in a mission to find (or not find?) mention of Elizabeth Taylor. 

I thank JimmyCool for posting the original picture without Elvis in it.  He didn?t identify the other guy, but I think its Rocky Marciano.   I'm not sure and won't tag it, because I don't want to get anything else wrong.
 

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Jealous Elvis Hit His Rival

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Moving Elvis Mr. Potato Head Parts Around


I?ve done two previous articles on the Elvis Mr. Potato Head figures.  The first was favorable, and that resulted in me getting an e-mail thank you message from from Dean Gorby of PPW Toys, the company that makes the Elvis Mr. Potato Heads for Hasbro.  I wrote back and asked if I could get some in-house photos of the Elvis Live, as the first model was called.

Dean sent me unpublished pictures of Elvis Live with the white jumpsuit, and I used that for a second ElvisBlog article.   More recently he sent me photos of the ?68 Special black leather model, including a little note filling me in on the results when ?68 Special debuted at the New York Toy Fair in February.

 

Elvis Mr. Potato Head is front and center at the Toy Fair


Dean expressed his happiness at getting so many favorable comments from the folks coming by their booth at the Toy Fair.  ?Many people said they liked it better than the first.  The overall response was that people thought it was cuter because you can see his eyes, where as the first version had sunglasses.?

                

     Elvis Live                                                                    '68 Special


Sorry, but I am going to disagree with those folks.  I like the sunglasses way better than the eyes.  However, there is some good news.  You can remove the eyes from black leather and replace them with the sunglasses.  Like this.

?68 Comeback Elvis Wearing Sunglasses


The next two outfits in the series will probably be Jailhouse Rock and Gold Lamé</em>, but both are unlikely to include the sunglasses because they are 50s themes.  Of course, if you have your sunglasses from Elvis Live, you could move them around to all the models.  I liked this idea so much, I asked Dean if he would send me some extra glasses, so every Elvis Mr. Potato Head I buy can wear them.  They just came in, and they are very cool.  Thank you, Dean.

While we are talking about moving Mr. Potato Head parts around, here?s another idea to think about.  It sure looks like the mask and helmet of Darth Tater would fit nicely over that black leather suit.  And, you know you can replace that mic stand with the light sabre.  Remember how Elvis always imagined Captain Marvel Jr. as his alter ego.  I wonder what he would think about being Darth BlackLeather.

 

                  

 


Speaking of mics, Dean recently told me about the bonus goodies they inserted into 500 packages of each model.  Their experiences with Elvis Live and ?68 Special were quite different.  They produced 500 gold mic stands, and randomly mixed them in boxes of the black leather Elvis above.  It didn?t get noticed.  However, the 500 gold guitars they placed with the white jumpsuit Elvis had quite an effect.  Dean said he has seen many for sale on line, and they have consistently sold for about $100 each.

                      

Elvis Live with standard black guitar                       Special Gold Guitar


Now, I?ve got to ask Dean for one of those gold guitars.

 

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