West Side Story

A besotted Elvis took West Side Story star Natalie Wood home to meet his parents. Her co-star also dated The King - but did it to make another Hollywood ...

I dated Elvis, who was absolutely gorgeous and had a perfect kind of face, but was not interesting. Lana also remembered Natalie describing how Elvis, who had a notoriously close relationship with Gladys, would sit on his mother's lap: "They were very affectionate, and it bothered Natalie. They were to be gone almost a week, but just two days into the great adventure, Natalie called. One publication ran a shot of the smiling pair saying it "is almost certain to fracture the hearts of countless teenage American girls." Although The King was already developing a reputation for being a ladykiller, it was the teenage girl who pursued him and set up their first date. Elvis was already a major recording artist and was about to launch a film career with his debut in Love Me Tender.