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The Guitars of Spinout
In February of 1966, Elvis reported to MGM's Culver City studios to begin work on his twenty-second feature film, Spinout (California Holiday). This would re-unite him with director Norman Taurog, and Shelley Fabares (from Girl Happy) returned as one of the female co-stars, alongside Deborah Walley and Diane McBain. Male co-stars included Jimmy Hawkins (also returning from Girl Happy), Jack Mullaney (from Tickle Me) and Will Hutchins (who would appear with Elvis again in Clambake). This role was something of a mixture for Elvis in that he was not only the leader of a traveling band, but a successful race car driver also.* Dodie Marshall also appears and also starred in Elvis' next film, Easy Come, Easy Go. The various musical scenes in Spinout featured many vintage instruments used by the main and supporting cast members (with almost no consistency and, at times, little continuity). The ones used, and in some cases owned, by Elvis are listed as follows in the order he appears with them in the movie (click on each for a detailed page):
Spinout was also a reunion for Jimmy Hawkins, Shelley Fabares and
Carl Betz.
Shelley played Carl's daughter in the movie and also his daughter on
eight of the nine seasons of ABC TV's
The Donna
Reed Show (1958-1966). Jimmy Hawkins also appeared in the show as Shelley's boyfriend, and coincidentally, one of his
earliest roles was in the 1946
Frank
Capra classic
It's a Wonderful
Life as Tommy Bailey, the son of
Donna Reed
and Jimmy
Stewart (Mary and George Bailey). Norman
Taurog directed Elvis in nine of his movies starting with
GI Blues.
Three of the guitars used by Elvis in the movie are still in his collection at Graceland. This page added August 15, 2010 is part of the section The Movie Guitars of Elvis Presley. * courtesy Elvis Presley Film Society
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