Elvis: The King on Film

by Jonathan Wright (Introduction), Chutley Chops

The first, only and complete guide to Elvis Presley's movie career. The King remains a worldwide legend, and his fans love his movies as much as they do his music. From Love Me Tender to Jailhouse Rock to Kid Galahad, each of his most famous film appearances are discussed in depth * informative essays * filmography * introduction on Elvis' enduring star power * illustrated with movie stills and an 8-page color section

136 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Jonathan Wright is a British journalist and literary translator. He studied Arabic, Turkish and Islamic civilization at St John's College, Oxford. He joined Reuters news agency in 1980 as a correspondent, and has been based in the Middle East for most of the last three decades. He has served as Reuters' Cairo bureau chief, and he has lived and worked throughout the region, including in Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Tunisia and the Gulf. From 1998 to 2003, he was based in Washington, DC, covering U.S. foreign policy for Reuters.
Wright came to literary translation comparatively late. His first major work of translation was Taxi, the celebrated book by Egyptian writer Khaled al-Khamissi. This was published by Aflame Books in 2008 and republished by Bloomsbury Qatar in 2012. Since then, he has translated several works including Azazeel and The State of Egypt.