In some dusty file in the back of my mind, I’ve been compiling a list of Unbelievable Anecdotes Related To The Death of Celebrities. I haven’t heard a really good one since Indian film fans went on a bus-burning rampage in Bangalore ithat left five people dead, in response to the death of aging film star Rajkumar. Here in America, we love our stars, but apparently not enough to try to burn down our technology capitals when they die of natural causes.

So here’s another one for the file: according to the Associated Press, a 67-year-old woman died in a trailer at a Graceland campground yesterday after suffering heatstroke during a graveside procession intended to honor the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. An 8-year-old boy was also hospitalized after suffering heat stroke during the event, which took place in 105-degree heat; another mourner, dressed in a black Elvis jumpsuit, “pulled an oxygen tank behind him with a breathing tube attached to his nose.”

I’m not at all prepared to go to such lengths to honor the occasion, but I did pull together a list of resources and writings related to Elvis’ movie careers. You can check that after the jump.

• Turner Classic Movies has 24 hours of Elvis flicks planned for the day. Jailhouse Rock is on at 8pm EST, if you want to gear up for the in-the-works Disney remake.
• One movie not on TCM’s schedule is King Creole, directed by Casablanca helmer Michael Curtiz. The Shamus says it’s the best film Elvis ever made: “At times, Elvis almost reaches into that mythic territory of ’50s Brando. And surrounded by good actors (Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart), a real script and atmospheric camerawork, Elvis proves that he might have developed as an actor if the heinous, ex-carny, ex-dogcatcher manager who doesn’t deserve his military honorific hadn’t held him back.”
• The Moviezzz Blog has something to say about that “Viva Viagra” commercial.
• “We all know about Elvis Presley’s film career, and how Colonel Parker picked roles for Elvis based pretty much on how many dollars ended up in the Colonel’s pocket,” writes Big Geez at Geezer Music Club. “It led to a number of pedestrian movies, but like the proverbial blind squirrel who sometimes finds an acorn, occasionally one of Presley’s cinema efforts was a cut above the others.” For him, Blue Hawaii is in that rarefied club.
• Grindhouse Aficionado recommends a double feature of Jailhouse Rock and Bubba Ho-Tep.
• There’s tons of Elvis on YouTube, including trailers for and performance clips from many of his movies, semi-creepy home videos, and fan-produced tributes, like the clip embedded above.