Spring has sprung and love is in the air. What better way to embrace the vernal equinox than Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford promoting their 1959 film, "It Started With a Kiss?" The futuristic car, the Ford Futura would get a second lease on life when George Barris transformed it into the Batmobile. There's something here for car lovers too.
In the Spring of 1956, Elvis was on the cusp of becoming a national story. LOOK magazine sent a writer and photographer to cover the last leg of his tour. They met him in Detroit and covered his concerts at the “fabulous” Fox Theater.
Elvis had sparked a riot the night before in Kansas City that was described by a reporter Bill Moore as “sustained pandemonium.” Which was fitting for the “atomic powered singer” said Moore. The team from LOOK didn’t know what to expect.
