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The Trouble with Girls
It's 1927, and Elvis Presley brings his mobile "chautauqua" show (an entertainment born out of the popular adult educational movement of the previous century), to Iowa, where he battles with Marilyn Mason as she tries to organise a performers' union. This love-hate scenario is disrupted when the local chemist is found dead, and Elvis has to persuade the murderer to confess on stage. The unusual phenomenon of the chautauqua could have provided an unusual backdrop for a film, but in this joyless vehicle it's used ineffectively, wasting a supporting cast which includes Vincent Price and John Carradine, and oddly (given that he plays a travelling showman), providing only a handful of numbers for its star.
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