Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla, flying off together (late 1960s)

Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla, flying off together (late 1960s)

Howard continued, saying that when Gary Marshall heard about what happened he personally made sure there was no name change and that Ron Howard stayed on the show.

In 1967, A 32 year old Elvis Presley married his 21 year old bride, Priscilla after an on and off courting session that began when he was stationed in Germany and she was a teenager. The King is said to have « trained » Priscilla to look and act how he wanted, all the while carrying on affairs with other women, and turning a blind eye to his young wife’s extra marital relationships.

Five years after marrying, the couple filed for divorce after deciding that they just weren’t happy together. On the day the judge granted their petition the couple walked hand in hand out of the courthouse, still friends after calling things quits. In 2016, Priscilla explained why she still felt that Elvis was the love of her life:

I needed to find out what the world was like, really, it was one world. But the greatest thing about our relationship was that we still loved each other.

« Dreamland » — Sophia Loren on a visit to Disneyland in 1963

You can’t just be any old star to get special treatment at Disneyland. Even in 1962, Disney and their theme park were doing well enough to tell actors like Vincent Price to kick rocks if he wanted to get in for free, but not Sophia Loren.

One day after she won an Oscar for Two Women in 1962, she asked to visit Disneyland and the park relented. She spent the day in the park with her personal attendant going on the rides and checking out the attractions with a trail of photographers following her. Continuer la lecture de « Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla, flying off together (late 1960s) »