It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot.

The motion picture was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives. The Seattle Center, including the Seattle Center Monorail and the Space Needle, serve as backdrops for several scenes in the film.

The cast includes:

• Elvis Presley: Mike Edwards
• Joan O'Brien: Diane Warren, World's Fair nurse and eventual love interest of Edwards
• Gary Lockwood: Danny Burke, Edwards' flying partner
• Vicky Tiu: Sue-Lin, a young girl befriended by Edwards
• Yvonne Craig: Dorothy Johnson
• H.M. Wynant: Vince Bradley

Kurt Russell had an uncredited speaking role as a boy who Mike Edwards pays 25¢ to kick him, thus giving him a chance to visit Nurse Warren.

Vicky Tiu, sister of entertainer Ginny Tiu, later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaii when she married Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano.

Record album

The soundtrack was recorded at Radio Recorders studios in Hollywood, California in September of 1962 and released as a music album in April of 1963 with the same title as the movie.

Recording musicians:

• Elvis Presley (vocals)
• The Mello Men (background vocals)
• The Jordanaires (background vocals)
• Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Barney Kessel (guitar)
• Ray Siegel (bass)
• Don Robertson, Dudley Brooks (piano)
• Boots Randolph (sax)
• D.J. Fontana, Hal Blaine, Bernie Mattinson (drums)
• Emile Radocchia (percussion)
• Anthony Terran, Rudolph Loera (trumpets)

Side 1:

1. Beyond The Bend  – (Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, Dolores Fuller)
2. Relax  – (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
3. Take Me To The Fair  – (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
4. They Remind Me Too Much Of You  – (Don Robertson)
5. One Broken Heart For Sale  – (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)

Side 2:

1. I'm Falling In Love Tonight  – (Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott)
2. Cotton Candy Land  – (Ruth Bachelor & Bob Roberts)
3. World Of Our Own  – (Bill Grant, Bernie Baum, Florenece Kaye)
4. How Would You Like To Be  – (Ben Raleigh & Mark Barkan)
5. Happy Ending  – (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

See also

• List of Elvis Presley films
• Elvis Presley discography

External Link

Sockin', Swingin', Girls and Singin' A collection of pictures from the movie.