Mary Tyler Moore signed up to do a nun changes the ghetto role and then Elvis got signed for the male lead
the first child one, but many movies had odd males who memorized train schedules or other things who were clearly autistic characters
https://autisticandunapologetic.com/201 ... 69-review/
https://www.elvispresleyphotos.com/cele ... ckson.html
Barbara McNair recalls the visit of Mahalia Jackson : 'Elvis and I were sitting there together and Mahalia came on the set and she asked Elvis if he would participate in a fund-raiser that she was going to organize. Elvis was so gracious, 'Oh, Mrs Jackson, I am so happy to meet you, I would love to do it, but I still have to ask the Colonel'. So after she left, he said to me, 'I'll never do it, the Colonel won't let me', but he was so gracious to her, he knew all the time the Colonel would not let him do it.
this was one of the first Elvis movies i owned on VHS
