It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot.

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1963 - Musical film - Elvis Presley - Cropdusting - Pilot

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The motion picture was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives. The Seattle Center, including the Seattle Center Monorail and the Space Needle, serve as backdrops for several scenes in the film.

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Seattle, Washington - Century 21 Exposition - World's Fair - Albert Rosellini - Seattle Center - Seattle Center Monorail - Space Needle

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The cast includes:

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• Elvis Presley: Mike Edwards
• Joan O'Brien: Diane Warren, World's Fair nurse and eventual love interest of Edwards
• Gary Lockwood: Danny Burke, Edwards' flying partner
• Vicky Tiu: Sue-Lin, a young girl befriended by Edwards
• Yvonne Craig: Dorothy Johnson
• H.M. Wynant: Vince Bradley

Kurt Russell had an uncredited speaking role as a boy who Mike Edwards pays 25¢ to kick him, thus giving him a chance to visit Nurse Warren.

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Vicky Tiu, sister of entertainer Ginny Tiu, later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaii when she married Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano.

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Ginny Tiu - Benjamin J. Cayetano

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