Original Paramount Pictures Pressbook (11×15) for the Michael D. Moore musical comedy, PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE (1966)–starring Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh and James Shigeta. Elvis had been over this territory for Paramount once before, in the more sumptuous BLUE HAWAII (1961). That movie had been blessed with at least one song that made it into the Elvis Canon, “I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You.” No such luck here, but we do have a more sixties if not more sexy Elvis flaunting his playboy ways as a roguish pilot who starts a helicopter flying service in the islands. Add a pretty girl, Suzanna Leigh, and an appealing handsome Japanese-American actor, James Shigeta (of FLOWER DRUM SONG fame) and you have the Elvis Formula in place. 16 pages of unadulterated Elvisiana, the pressbook also comes with a herald for the film. Heralds were given out by theaters to patrons in advance of the playdate for a film in order to build interest. The pressbook contains a lovely caricature of Elvis by caricaturist Ronald Christiano. The pressbook is in very good condition, but there is a near cut on the front cover on the right side of the book. There are no excisions or cuts in this pressbook.

Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michael D. Moore musical comedy, PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE (1966) starring Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh and James Shigeta. Elvis had been over this territory for Paramount once before, in the more sumptuous BLUE HAWAII (1961). That movie had been blessed with at least one song that made it into the Elvis Canon, “I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You.” No such luck here, but we do have a more sixties if not more sexy Elvis flaunting his playboy ways as a roguish pilot who starts a helicopter flying service in the islands. Add a pretty girl, Suzanna Leigh, and an appealing handsome Japanese-American actor, James Shigeta (of FLOWER DRUM SONG fame) and you have the Elvis Formula in place. Of course, the poster is better than the movie! And in near mint unbacked condition.