Flaming Star

Flaming Star is a 1960 Western film starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Eden, based on the book Flaming Lance 1958 by Clair Huffaker. Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the mixedblood Pacer Burton, a dramatic role. The film was directed by Don Siegel and had a working title of Black Star. The movie reached No.on the box office charts.

The film rights for Flaming Star had been circulating around Hollywood since 1958 when 20th Century Fox finally decided to cast Presley in the lead role. Originally Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando were lined up to play the brothers.Presleys previous film, G.I. Blues, had been a success at the box office and had led to one of his best selling albums to that point. However, determined to be taken seriously as an actor, Presley asked for roles with fewer songs. Flaming Star was initially to include four songs, but after Presley demanded two of the songs be removed, it ended up with only the title song and a short number at the opening birthday party scene. ........

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