#BookTour "Agnes's Broken Dreams" by @JudyKingAuthor @SDBookTours
From shattered illusions to resilient determination,
Agnes’s Broken Dreams reveals a tale of courage and redemption.
Agnes’s Broken Dreams
by Judy King
Genre: Fictional Memoir
It has been thirty years since Agnes last visited the country of her birth and upbringing. While it is at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother, she has her own reasons for making the journey to Australia from her…
the judge judy and executioner bit in liml was only so fucking funny because no one else gave a shit. like bigb and jimmy and maybe pearl cared, and it was such a big part for them, but literally no one else even knows who that is 😭. you watch one of their povs and it’s like the most important thing ever and watch any other pov everyone is completely uninterested or oblivious to the most insane kidnapping in history.
[1] Wardrobe test picture. [2-3] Vince Everett's shirt and picture of Elvis and Judy Tyler during making of the movie. Picture 2-3 from book Elvis Fashion: From Memphis to Vegas by Julie Mundy (2003)
Accompanied by Anita Wood, Judy Spreckles and assorted pals; With his parents Elvis reported to the draft board at 6.35 a.m. Elvis was assigned serial number 53 310 761 and starting pay was $78 a month.
‘There’s not much difference between this and making a movie’, he said. ‘In Hollywood, you have to get up at 5 a.m. and be on the set at 6. The only different thing here is that you don’t have a limousine’.
After reporting for duty about 6:30 a.m. at the Draft Board office in the M&M Building, 198 South Main, he and other inductees would spend much of the day at Kennedy Veterans Hospital for processing and physicals before boarding a bus for Fort Chaffee, During this bus trip Elvis would meet Rex Mansfield, who would become one of his closest army friends.
My "Year of the Rabbit" drawing...is finally done. I don't know why I waited so long to finish it, but all the hard work was worth it! Totally worth it! I really hope y'all like the drawing!
(1957) Judy Tyler on working with Elvis in "Jailhouse Rock"
Pictures: Elvis and Judy Tyler during 'Jailhouse Rock' movie production (Filming began on May 13, 1957 and was wrapped by June 17, 1957).
"You see, there is a bond between us. This was El's first picture at Metro and mine, too. We were both nervous at first. There was a lot of tension and strain. So we got into the habit of talking to each other about a lot of things aside from work. It made us both relax a little and broke down our fears. It was the beginning of a very real friendship and a real relationship. Elvis has a very serious side that a lot of people, who didn't know him, never get to see. He has a very soft and gracious heart. And he's very religious."
Picture: Director Richard Thorpe gives advice to Judy Tyler during 'Jailhouse Rock' movie production (May to June 1957), in Hollywood at the MGM studios, Culver City, California.
'He was very gracious to me and gave me a lot of leeway when we were making the picture. He didn't pull any of this star routine or try to act big-time. Why, (a few weeks ago), I really caused a lot of commotion on the set. I was supposed to leave the room and he was to follow me out. I went out the wrong way and walked right through a plate glass door. Elvis grabbed me immediately. I wasn't hurt very much, luckily. I was more embarrassed than anything else. But I knew it would hold up production and I kept saying, 'I'm sorry.' Elvis kept holding me and trying to sooth me. The director, Mr. Thorpe, insisted they take me to the studio infirmary. So off I went. I hadn't been in bed a minute when there was a knock on the door. Elvis came in, he was all out of breath. The infirmary is clear on the other side of the lot, but Elvis had dashed up to his dressing room, changed his clothes and run all the way over. He was the first person from the set to come over. He stood at the door and I could tell he felt worse than I did. He had his hands in his pockets, and he looked up at me and said, simply, 'I just had to come over and see if you were okay. Is there anything I can do?'
Excerpt taken from Judy Tyler's last interview. On Friday, June 19, 1957 Judy Tyler spoke to journalist Marcia Borie at the MGM commissary in what would be her last interview for Modern Screen magazine.
Sadly, a few days after filming Jailhouse Rock, Tyler and her husband, Gregory Lafayette, began driving home to New York from Hollywood. While driving through Wyoming on July 3, 1957, they were involved in an automobile accident. Tyler was killed instantly, aged 24, and Lafayette died the next day, aged 19.
Source/additional info: "The Making Of Jailhouse Rock" by David English and Pål Granlund. Pictures and interview excerpt above come from the book "Movie" which is part of the set containing the book about the movie production, plus another book with the recording sessions/soundtrack info, plus 3 CDs, released by FTD (Follow That Dream) label.
If you're a huge fan of "Jailhouse Rock" that book/CD set is perfect for you.