Looking at the lovely picture below you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a lovely shot of Elvis Presley and his future wife Priscilla Presley.

It’s actually The King with brunette beauty Joan Blackman. They starred together in two films, Blue Hawaii and Kid Galahad, and engaged in a passionate affair. Indeed, Elvis hoped to also be engaged in the traditional sense.

Although Blue Hawaii filmed in 1961, a year after he had returned from military service in Germany and dated Priscilla Beaulieu…