On this day in history, November 15, 1956, Elvis makes big-screen debut in 'Love Me Tender'
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Elvis Presley dominated the radio airwaves with five No. 1 hit songs while making his movie debut in "Love Me Tender" on Nov. 15, 1956. He appeared in 30 more Hollywood productions.
But the film helped turn the groundbreaking recording star into a multimedia icon who is still to this day beloved around the world, 45 years after his death at age 42. "Appraising Presley as an actor, he ain’t." — Variety magazine Elvis spent nearly half of 1956 — 25 weeks — with a No. 1 Billboard song. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"Appraising Presley as an actor, he ain’t," Variety magazine wrote of the movie at the time.
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