MovieChat Forums > Jailhouse Rock (1957) Discussion > Judy Tyler (Peggy Van Alden)

Judy Tyler (Peggy Van Alden)


Jailhouserock was I think, Presley's best performance movie. There were 2 movies he couldn't watch for a long time. 1 was Loving you, his 2nd film but first starring role. At the end of the movie you can see Elvis's Mother and Father in the audience. He even dances right by his mom. She has black hair and is wearing a blue sweater. The 2nd of his films he couldn't watch for years was. Jailhouserock. His third film and proabably his best. Judy Tyler, who played the female lead, Peggy Van Alden, was tragically killed in a car accident with her husband near Billy The Kid Wyoming shortly after the filming of JHR was complete. Elvis like the death of his mother was devisated at hearing of her death. He and Judy became close friends on the set of Jailhouserock.

reply

[deleted]

And yeah you can understand that even since they became close friends on the set, but if things had better different who Judy Tyler would have refused to watch the movie if she lived and Elvis Presley died. And I guess the good thing is that he never had to go throw the experience again after his mom died. Even through I bet there were almost every film in the 196-;s that Elvis Presley would not have wanted to watch.

reply