Songs:      1.  We're Gonna Move
                    2.  Love Me Tender
                    3.  Let Me
                    4.  Poor Boy

My Review:  Of Elvis's 31 feature films, this movie probably provides the viewer with the best story line and plot.  The movie was based on the novel "The Reno Brothers" by Maurice Geraghty.  The movie originally was to be by the same name but was changed in late August 1956 by virtue of Elvis's hit song at the time.
    Elvis plays the role of the youngest Reno Brother, Clint, who was left behind to take care of the home with his aging mother while his other brothers go off to war to fight for the Confederacy.  Clint's oldest brother, Vance (played by Richard Egan), leaves behind his fiancé, Cathy (Debra Paget), to keep the home fires burning.  While away at war, Clint and the family learn that Vance has been killed in action.  Clint goes on to marry Cathy only to have his brother show up some time later very much alive.  Throw in a Union payroll robbery involving Vance and mix that with the animosity felt between he and Clint after his return, and you have a house divided.  Watch the movie to see how it plays out.  I will tell you that in the end during a gunfight that Clint (Elvis) is....well just watch it!
    Elvis is very green as an actor in this film, but the movie itself is very enjoyable and I rate it as one of the best that Elvis was involved in.  Very much worth watching.

Production Notes and Trivia:
*Love Me Tender premiered on November 15, 1956 at the Paramount Theater in New York City.  It opened nationally on November 21, 1956.
*Elvis's salary for the movie was $100,000.
*Total production costs (just under $1 million) were covered within the first three days of release.
*The Harvard Lampoon dubbed Elvis with the "Worst Supporting Actor Award" for his role in the movie.
*Love Me Tender reached #2 in Variety's weekly list of top-grossing films and #26 for the entire year of 1956.
*Love Me Tender was Elvis's only film in which he did not receive top billing.  Both Richard Egan and Debra Paget were listed ahead of Elvis in the credits.  Too bad, Colonel Tom Parker couldn't bring himself to allow it to happen again in the early 70s when Barbara Streisand wanted Elvis to play opposite her in A Star Is Born.  That film won an academy award with Kris Kristofferson  playing opposite of Streisand.  But because he couldn't get Elvis top billing, Parker called the whole deal off.  Elvis was reportedly very disappointed.
*NOTABLE QUOTE:  "Whoa!...Brett...Vance...They told us you were dead!"  Elvis first words ever on the silver screen.
*Blooper:  In one scene, set at night with Cathy (Debra Paget) found crying by her window, a car can be seen briefly in the background.  (Remember, this movie was set in 1865!)