elvis facts, It Happened At The World's Fair 2 - 3

It Happened At The World's Fair 2 - 3

An in-depth look at the movie "It Happened At The World's Fair," Part 2 of 3:

Elvis and his entourage left Seattle when location shooting was done and filming resumed back in Hollywood at the MGM lot on September 17, 1962.
On the set Elvis was interviewed at length by Lloyd Shearer and in the interview Elvis discussed his love of reading and studying philosophy and how he would have liked to have become a doctor.

Elvis's leading lady for this film was actress Joan O'Brien. She began her career as a teenage country singer working on TV with Tennessee Ernie Ford.
She went into acting and ironically played a nurse in several different movies including this one.
Other nursing roles included the movie "Operation Petticoat" the Jerry Lewis film "It's Only Money."
She also starred in a teen musical with Nancy Sinatra called "Get Yourself A College Girl."
She gave up her acting career to raise her children and eventually became
an executive with Hilton Hotels.

Gary Lockwood played Danny Burke. You also might remember him from his role in the 1961 Elvis movie "Wild In The Country".
Mr. Lockwood also had roles in the movies "Splendor In The Grass" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" among others. He
had many roles on TV, including starring in "The Lieutenant", but he might be best known for his role in the pilot episode of "Star Trek." Today, he still often makes guest appearances at "Star Trek" conventions. Gary Lockwood was born John Gary Yusolfsky in California and began his career as a stunt man and a stand-in for Anthony Perkins. He was often one of the young Hollywood actors who joined Elvis and his entourage in friendly football games at De Neve Park in California.

Vicky Tui Cayetano was 6-1/2 years old when she played Sue-Lin in this film. She was a part of the talented Tui family of child performers. Her sisters Ginny and Elizabeth and her brother Alexander had parts in the Elvis movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!". The original plan was to cast Ginny as Sue-Lin, but she was already booked to play piano at the White House for President Kennedy, so her sister Vicky was given the role instead. Vicky was born in the Philippines and was the sixth of nine children. This was her only movie. She went on to attend Stanford University for two years then founded a travel agency. She moved to Hawaii in 1983 and was Hawaii's first lady from 1994 to 2002 while her husband Ben Cayetano was governor. She is mother to five children and she is President and CEO of a corporation she founded in 1990 that provides commercial laundry services to 30 hotels and 5 major health care facilities in Hawaii. She is active in many community service organizations. In a recent nterview she said she still has the big red stuffed animal from the movie and her copy of the script.

Kam Tong played Uncle Walter Ling. This California born actor began his movie career in the late 1930s and had a number of roles in the war movies of the 1940s. He also can be seen in films such as "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," "Walk Like A Dragon" and "Flower Drum Song." He had roles on numerous TV series, including "Have Gun Will Travel," in which he had a reoccurring role from 1957 to1963.

Yvonne Craig played the part of Dorothy Johnson, the girl whose name Elvis's character Michael Edwards just can't quite get right. Ms. Craig might be best known for her role as Batgirl in the "Batman" TV series, but she was also the girl that got Elvis in the 1964 film "Kissin' Cousins, " in which she played Azalea Tatum. She began her career as a ballet dancer in her teen years. She is now married and in the real estate business. She published her memoirs in 2000.

Jacqueline deWit played Dorothy's mother Mrs. Johnson. This character actress began her career in the 1940s and had roles in such films as "Dragon Seed," "Saratoga Trunk," "The Snake Pit," "Carrie" and "Pocketful of Miracles."

Olan Soule played Dorothy's shotgun toting father Mr. Johnson. This actor had hundreds of roles in film and TV. He also can be seen as a waiter in the Elvis film "Girl Happy." He had recurring roles in the TV series "Dragnet" and the TV series "My Three Sons." In the 1970s his was the voice of "Batman" in the TV cartoon series.

H.M. Wynant played shady Vince Bradley. He too has had a long career as a character actor with well over a hundred roles in TV and film, including a long time role on the daytime series "Days of Our Lives."

A favorite scene in this movie is when a ten-year-old Kurt Russell is paid by Elvis's character to kick him in the shins. Little did anyone dream that years later the same Kurt Russell would play Elvis in the made for TV move "Elvis" and receive an Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy nomination for his portrayal. Russell was briefly married to his "Elvis" costar Season Hubley with whom he had a son, Boston. Mr. Russell began his career as a child actor when Walt Disney signed him to a ten-year contract. After that he pursued a career in professional baseball. He played second base for the minor league until an injury forced him to retire. (His father Bing Russell, a former baseball player who turned to acting, had played the deputy sheriff on "Bonanza" for a number of years.) Kurt Russell returned to acting after his baseball career and has had many prime movie roles that include films such as
"Silkwood," "Tango and Cash," "Backdraft" and "Vanilla Sky" among others. He often performs his own stunts and is a licensed pilot. He and his long-time life partner, actress Goldie Hawn, now live in Vancouver, Canada where they encourage their son Wyatt with his career in hockey. They recently became grandparents when Hawn's daughter, the actress Kate Hudson, gave birth.

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