It Happened at the World 's Fair - wikipedia It Happened at the World 's Fair It Happened at the World 's Fair Theatrical release poster Directed by Norman Taurog Produced by Ted Richmond Written by Si Rose Seaman Jacobs Starring Elvis Presley Joan O'Brien Gary Lockwood Vicky Tiu Music by Leith Stevens Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg Edited by Fredric Steinkamp Don Guidice ( uncredited ) Production company Ted Richmond Productions Distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ( 1963, original ) Warner Bros. ( 2007, DVD ) Release date April 3, 1963 ( 1963 - 04 - 03 ) ( USA ) Running time 105 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $2,500,000 ( US / Canada ) It Happened at the World 's Fair is a 1963 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot. It 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 film made $2.25 million at the box office. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Home media 6 Notes 7 See also 8 References 9 Sources 10 External links Plot Pilot Mike Edwards finds himself in a dilemma, his partner and friend Danny, gambles away the money Mike had set aside to pay their debts. Since they lost their money and a $1,200 debt, the local sheriff takes possession of their plane, Bessie, a Boeing - Stearman Model 75 cropduster. If they can not come up with the money in twelve days, Bessie will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Mike and Danny become reluctant hitchhikers, looking for a lift to anywhere. They are picked up by apple farmer Walter Ling and his niece Sue - Lin. They end up in Seattle, Washington, location of the 1962 World 's Fair. When the uncle is called away on business, Danny persuades Mike to take Sue - Lin to tour the local World 's Fair. It is during a visit to the doctor at the fair that Mike falls for Diane Warren, an attractive but stubborn nurse who resists Mike 's advances. He gives a quarter to a boy ( a very young Kurt Russell ) who kicks him in the shin, so that he can be treated by her. Diane 's supervisor then convinces her to give Mike a ride back to his apartment, convinced his leg is injured. Mike and Diane dine at the top of the fair 's Space Needle. However, he also courts Dorothy Johnson. Complications then arise. Walter inexplicably fails to come back the next day to get Sue - Lin, leaving her with Mike. Sue - Lin feigns illness so that nurse Diane will come to their apartment and examine her and see Mike again. When Diane discovers that Mike has no kinship to Sue - Lin, she wants to inform the Welfare Board so that Sue - Lin can be removed from Mike and Danny 's apartment. There is a mysterious nightfall plane delivery for Mike 's and Danny 's friend Vince, who is smuggling valuable furs. The film ends with Mike and Diane in love. Cast Elvis Presley as Mike Edwards, cropduster pilot Joan O'Brien as Diane Warren, World 's Fair nurse and eventual love interest of Edwards Gary Lockwood as Danny Burke, Mike 's gambling - addicted business partner Vicky Tiu as Sue - Lin, a young girl befriended by Mike. Tiu later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaii when she married Governor Ben Cayetano Yvonne Craig as Dorothy Johnson, a love interest of Mike 's H.M. Wynant as Vince Bradley, Danny 's crooked associate Kam Tong as Walter Ling, Sue - Lin 's uncle Edith Atwater as Miss Steuben Guy Raymond as Barney Thatcher Dorothy Green as Miss Ettinger Kurt Russell as Shin Kicker ( uncredited ) Sandra Giles as Lily ( uncredited ) Red West as Fred ( uncredited ) Joe Esposito as Carnival Man ( uncredited ) Production The Seattle Center, including the Seattle Center Monorail and the Space Needle, serve as backdrops for several scenes in the film. Security officers pursue Presley and the girl through the fountains at what is now the Pacific Science Center. The hitchhiking scene with Elvis and Gary Lockwood was filmed near Camarillo, California, as were some of the flying scenes. The entire hitchhiking scene to the point where they are both picked up by Kam Tong and Vicky Tiu Cayetano in the truck is easily recognizable as 5th Street near Pleasant Valley Road on the South side of Camarillo. While The Elvis Encyclopedia believes that the Wilburton Trestle was shown in the movie, further evidence points to a different location. It is actually a trestle over the White River between Enumclaw and Buckley, now demolished. The view in the movie was taken at the intersection of Mud Mountain Road and Highway 410, looking southeasterly. Mount Rainier is visible in the background, which is n't seen at that angle from the Wilburton Trestle. The Wilburton Trestle is actually bigger than the White River Trestle, at six sections high. The trestle pictured in the movie is only four sections high at the road crossing. Soundtrack Main article : It Happened at the World 's Fair ( album ) Home media The film was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on August 7, 2007 as a Region 1 Widescreen DVD. Notes It marked Kurt Russell 's film debut. Vicky Tiu, sister of entertainer Ginny, later grew up to be the first lady of Hawaii when she married Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano. See also List of American films of 1963 References Jump up ^ `` Top Rental Features of 1963 '', Variety, 8 January 1964 p. 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross. Jump up ^ Adam Victor. The Elvis Encyclopedia. Overlook, 2008. Jump up ^ Victor 2008. Jump up ^ Key to the City 's profile of Buckley The history blurb on this page was written before the trestle was demolished. Jump up ^ Google Street View of Mud Mountain Road and Highway 410 You can still see the bend in the road and a guard rail in the same place as in the movie Jump up ^ White River Journal, January 2002 White River History Museum. Includes a photo of the trestle, but not the part shown in the movie Sources Guralnick, Peter, and Ernst Jorgensen ( 1999 ). Elvis Day by Day : The Definitive Record of His Life and Music. Ballantine. ISBN 0 - 345 - 42089 - 6. Kirchberg, Connie, and Marc Hendrickx ( 1999 ). Elvis Presley, Richard Nixon, and the American Dream. Jefferson, NC : McFarland and Company. ISBN 0 - 7864 - 0716 - 6. Lisanti, Tom ( 2000 ). Fantasy Femmes of 60 's Cinema : Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach, and Elvis Movies. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0 - 7864 - 0868 - 5. Marcus, Greil ( 1980 ). `` Rock Films, '' The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, second edition. Random House. ISBN 0 - 394 - 73938 - 8. Ponce de Leon, Charles L. ( 2007 ). Fortunate Son : The Life of Elvis Presley. Macmillan. ISBN 0 - 8090 - 1641 - 9. Presley, Priscilla ( 1985 ). Elvis and Me. New York : G.P. Putnam 's Sons. ISBN 0 - 399 - 12984 - 7. Thomson, David ( 1998 ). A Biographical Dictionary of Film ( 3d ed. ). Knopf. ISBN 0 - 679 - 75564 - 0. Victor, Adam ( 2008 ). The Elvis Encyclopedia. Overlook Duckworth. ISBN 1 - 58567 - 598 - 9 External links It Happened at the World 's Fair on IMDb It Happened at the World 's Fair at the TCM Movie Database It Happened at the World 's Fair at AllMovie DVD reviews `` What Happened At The World 's Fair : Elvis And The Future In Seattle '' by Jim Demetre at The Monarch Review, October 18, 2012. Review by Bill Treadway at DVD Verdict, August 12, 2004. Review by Mark Zimmer at digitallyOBSESSED !, August 4, 2004. Elvis Presley Albums discography Singles discography Filmography Studio albums Elvis Presley Elvis Peace in the Valley ( EP ) Elvis ' Christmas Album For LP Fans Only A Date with Elvis Elvis Is Back ! His Hand in Mine Something for Everybody Pot Luck Elvis for Everyone ! 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Question: where was it happened at the world fair filmed
Answer: Seattle, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair; Camarillo, California