Metallica - Trapped Under Ice

Colonel Parker's policies bore fruit: Hal Wallis returned to him with a concrete proposal just a few days after he appreciated the cinema genesis of Elvis. Parker very cleverly dismissed the offer of 15 thousand dollars for the film that Wallis made for him, which confused his interlocutor, who was used to difficult negotiations. “When I called Parker in New York (immediately after Elvis spoke in the transfer of the Dorsey brothers. - S. D.) and announced my interest, the colonel immediately told me that he knew who I was and politely listened to me. Realizing that there was a lot of money behind our conversation, he said that Elvis, “probably,” would agree to meet with me if he happened to be in Hollywood. Subsequently, I had to annoy the colonel with telegrams and phone calls so that he could finally make an appointment in Hollywood. ”