"Kissin' Cousins"                                                            

MGM, 1964, A Four Leaf Production

* Filming began during the second week of October, 1963. The budget for "Kissin' Cousins" was only $800,000.

* Sam Katzman, the film' producer, was known in the industry as "King Of The Quickies."

* The exterior scenes for the movie were shot at Big Bear Lake in California. Interiors were filmed on the Culver City Lot in Los Angeles.

* "Kissin' Cousins" opened nationally on March 6th, 1964

* Cast; Elvis Presley, Glenda Farrell, Arthur O' Connell

Gold In The Mountain

Synopsis; The U.S. Air Force wants to build a missile atop a Tennessee mountain owned by a moonshiner named Pappy Tatum (Arthur O’Conell. He thinks that anyone from the government is Internal Revenue. With the help of his family, no one sets foot on Big Smokey.

Washington decides to send a local boy, Josh Morgan (Elvis), who they think will be able to persuade this hillbilly. By the moment that arrive at Big Smokey mountain, they are immediately ambushed and taken prisoner by the Tatums. Here ite is that they discover the spitting image of Josh and Jody (a double-role for Elvis.) The only difference between them is that Jody has blond hair, while Jody has black hair. They are Kissin’ Cousins. They realize that Josh is family, and the fun begins.

It takes a while before Pappy signes the lease. As a condition of his agreement, Pappy insists that he get protection of his privacy. The Air Force agrees to keep a special patrol at the base of Big Smokey to keep tresspassers away. This was what Pappy wanted in the first place.

 Songs; Kissin' Cousins, Smokey Mountain Boy, One Boy..Two Little Girls, Catchin' On Fast, Tender Feeling, Barefoot Ballad, Once Is Enough