Shadows Fall - Ghost Of Past Failures

With the pride of a young lady, Colonel Parker made it a habit to report publicly about the financial achievements of his “three-year-old” at the end of each season. The year 1967 was marked by a significant increase in profits compared with the previous one; over the year, Elvis’s income increased from $ 3.1 million (of which 2.5 million from cinema) to 3.5 million. This impressive growth (almost 13 percent) seemed to confirm that Elvis’s career was booming, as was his manager’s exceptional competence. If we add to this the wedding of the star, which was disseminated in the press, with a pretty girl, ten years younger than him, and the imminent birth of a child, it could be assumed that by the age of thirty-eight, Presley had received everything he wanted from life.