God Is the Bigger Elvis | |
Director: | Rebecca Cammisa |
Producer: | Julie Anderson Rebecca Cammisa |
Starring: | Dolores Hart |
Music: | James Lavino |
Cinematography: | Claudia Raschke-Robinson |
Editing: | Geeta Gandbhir |
Distributor: | HBO |
Runtime: | 37 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
God Is the Bigger Elvis is a 2011 documentary film about actress Dolores Hart, who abandoned her successful career at the age of 24 to become a Benedictine nun. The film was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[1] [2]
In 1957, Dolores Hart co-starred with Elvis Presley in the Paramount motion picture Loving You. It was in this film that she kissed Elvis. This was Elvis' very first on-screen kiss in a movie. Dolores and Elvis would reunite the following year in Michael Curtiz's King Creole.