An Elvis Presley movie is like an Elvis Presley album: it is reasonable to expect to get a lot of rock’n’roll music. However given the fact no one has ever compared the king of rock’n’roll with Sir Laurence Olivier one might wonder if there would be any good acting in an Elvis movie. I can’t speak for his entire filmography, but I found Jailhouse Rock (1957) to be a surprisingly good piece of acting from both the king and his supporting cast. The music is of course a rocking good time. I found this black and white piece of cinema history on iTunes last week and prior to that the only Elvis Presley movie I had seen was Bubba Ho-Tep , a movie in which Bruce Campbell plays an aging Elvis battling a mummy at an East Texas retirement home. Make of that what you will. My expectations for Jailhouse Rock, directed by Richard Thorpe, were low despite the fact there are plenty of good singers who have had successful acting careers. In a way you could say there is not much acting required...