Elvis' Blue Hawaii co-star Angela Lansbury thought King 'caring and sweet' on set Angela Lansbury, who dies last year at 96, starred opposite Elvis Presley as his mother in 1961's Blue Hawaii.

A dilapidated Hawaii resort that was once frequented by several Hollywood stars and featured in Elvis Presley's 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii" is being rebuilt.

Angela Lansbury, who dies last year at 96, starred opposite Elvis Presley as his mother in 1961's Blue Hawaii.

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman’s characters married in the 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii.” ...

Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago.

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman's characters married in the 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii." ...

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman's characters married in the 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii." ...

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman's characters married in the 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii." ...

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman’s characters married in the 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii.” ...