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girl happy wse
one of elvis presley s most popular vehicles girl happy is also one of the most typical . elvis plays rusty wells the leader of a four piece rock group consisting of gary crosby joby baker and jimmy hawkins . hired by chicago gangster boss big frank harold j. stone to protect the virtue of franks cute daughter valerie shelley fabares rusty and his buddies follow valerie to fort lauderdale during spring break . the girl falls in love with rusty then falls out of love when she learns that hes in her dads employ . valerie then becomes involved with a slick italian playboy fabrizio mioni forcing rusty to break up the romance lest he end up in a cement overcoat . it all ends happily of course after all elvis hadnt died on screen since flaming star . a bikini watchers dream girl happy is less successful as a musical ; of the many songs the title number is the only one with lasting value . hal erickson all movie guide . br br new digital transfer of complete original theatrical version with startin tonight song sequence now back in the filmtheatrical trailer . br br new digital transfer of complete original theatrical version with startin tonight song sequence now back in the filmtheatrical trailer .