Filming of performances for ‘Elvis On Tour’ documentary wraps up in San Antonio 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 18 1972)


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(Tuesday, April 18, 1972, 8:30 p.m. CST) — Performances for Elvis On Tour, an American concert film starring Elvis Presley featuring four Presley shows (starting Apr. 9, 1972, at the Coliseum in Hampton Roads, Virginia) during his fifteen-city spring 1972 tour that were later intertwined with interviews, concluded tonight with the rock icon’s appearance before 10,500 fans at the Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The film, directed by Robert Abel and Pierre Adidge, was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) on Nov. 1, 1972, to mixed reviews.