Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 Golden Globe-nominated American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. Return to Sender , which reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the film. The film opened at #1 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at #19 on the year-end list of the top-grossing films of 1962. The film earned $2.6 million at the box office.

The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location in Hawaii.

Plot

Elvis Presley plays Ross Carpenter, a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he built with his father.

Ross is caught in a love triangle with two women: childish, insensitive club singer Robin (Stella Stevens), and sweet Laurel (Laurel Goodwin). When Wesley Johnson (Jeremy Slate) makes advances on Laurel, Ross punches him out. Wesley owns the boat, so Ross thereby loses it. Laurel, however, is not who she pretends to be. Ross has to choose between her and Robin.

Cast

• Elvis Presley as Ross Carpenter
• Stella Stevens as Robin Gantner
• Laurel Goodwin as Laurel Dodge
• Jeremy Slate as Wesley Johnson
• Benson Fong as Kin Yung
• Beulah Quo as Madam Yung
• Guy Lee as Chen Yung
• Ginny Tiu as Mai Ling
• Elizabeth Tiu as Tai Ling
• Alexander Tiu as Mai and Tai Ling s Brother
• Robert Strauss as Sam Anderson
• Ann McCrea as Mrs. Arthur Morgan (uncredited)
• Jack Nitzsche as Piano Player in Lounge Band (uncredited)
• Nestor Paiva as Arthur Morgan (uncredited)
• Linda Rand as Village Woman (uncredited)
• Edward Sheehan as Ed-Man on Dock (uncredited)
• Red West as Bongo-Playing Crewman on Tuna Boat (uncredited)

Reception

A review in Variety wrote that the film put Presley back into the non-dramatic, purely escapist light musical vein, adding, Essentially, Presley plays himself in the breezy sea session. He handles the role capably, though one would hardly expect a hardened fisherman to be as soft, smooth and white as the one Presley depicts. The character has little depth, but he is pleasant. The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote in a fairly positive review that the songs were strung very pleasantly on a story-line of disarming simplicity and bedded comfortably in a stretch of gently fizzing repartee. Margaret Harford of the Los Angeles Times called it no better or worse than previous Elvis epics.

Awards and nominations

• Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical at the 1963 ceremony. The winner that year was The Music Man. Elvis Presley received a 2nd place Laurel Award for the best male performance in a musical for his acting role in this movie.

Box office

Girls! Girls! Girls! earned $2,600,000 at the box office in the United States.

Year	1962
ReleaseDate	1962-11-21
RuntimeMins	106
RuntimeStr	1h 46min
Plot	When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Awards	Awards, 3 nominations
Directors	Norman Taurog
Writers	Edward Anhalt, Allan Weiss
Stars	Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate
Produced by	Paul Nathan,Hal B. Wallis
Music by	Joseph J. Lilley
Cinematography by	Loyal Griggs
Film Editing by	Stanley E. Johnson
Casting By	Edward R. Morse
Art Direction by	Hal Pereira,Walter H. Tyler
Set Decoration by	Sam Comer,Frank R. McKelvy
Costume Design by	Edith Head
Makeup Department	Nellie Manley,Wally Westmore,Jackie Bone,Gary Morris
Production Management	Richard Blaydon,William W. Gray
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Michael D. Moore,Dale Coleman,Robert Goodstein,James A. Rosenberger
Art Department	Robert McCrellis,Barnard Schoefelt
Sound Department	Charles Grenzbach,Harold Lewis,R.D. Cook,William Hamilton
Visual Effects by	Farciot Edouart
Camera and Electrical Department	Irmin Roberts,Schuyler A. Sanford,Dominic Seminerio,Sterling Smith,Paul Weddell,Ken Williams
Costume and Wardrobe Department	John A. Anderson,Grace Harris
Editorial Department	Warren Low
Music Department	The Jordanaires,Joseph J. Lilley,Gus Levene
Script and Continuity Department	Claire Behnke
Additional Crew	Jack Mintz,Richard Mueller,Charles O Curran,Tom Parker
Genres	Comedy, Musical
Companies	Hal Wallis Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	5.5
ImDbRatingVotes	3171
Keywords	girl,boat,1960s,arizona,retirement