Elvis Presley would have been 89 years old today.

Elvis always said that one of his biggest regrets was that he never had full control over his film career.  While he had dreams of being taken seriously as an actor and admired James Dean and Marlon Brando, his management continually forced him into silly movies that only required him to sing a few songs.

Elvis’s early films, which were made before his military service and which allowed him to act as well as sing, were his best.  Today’s scene comes from one of those films, 1957’s Jailhouse Rock.