August 13 - Harum Scarum on Blu-ray

Warner Bros. re-issued Gene Nelson's 'Harum Scarum' movie on Blu-ray in their 'Warner Archive Collection'. The movie has been rescanned at 4K from the original camera negative.

Synopsis of the movie: Go East, Young Man sings showbiz star and martial arts wizard, Johnny Tyrone. To hear is to obey. A clandestine group of called the Assassins kidnaps Johnny and whisks him to a remote Arabian realm isolated from the world for 2,000 years. 

Sheik meets desert chic when Elvis Presley plays Johnny and teams with former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley (Presley's Girl Happy co-star) in this tuneful frolic, partially shot on the original set built for Cecil B. DeMille's 1927 epic 'King of Kings' and directed by music movie musical veteran Gene Nelson. 

The kidnappers want Johnny to use his fighting finesse to kill a desert king. Johnny a hitman? No, he's a hit, man, a top singer of songs like Kismet, Harum Holiday and nine more, all part of the jammin', scamming, swashbuckling fun of Harum Scarum.

The movie is available from >>> Amazon (associate link).

(Source: Amazon)