Taglines on posters and other advertising promoted the singer""s tremendous film talent:His First Big Dramatic Singing Role!MGM Presents ELVIS PRESLEY At His GreatestRocking With 6 New Songs!Elvis In Action As Never Before!The ""Jailhouse Rock"" 45 rpm single was released in late September 1957 and reached #1 on October 21.Daniels) - but it failed to win any awards.Curiously, Burl Ives was nominated and won an Oscar in 1958 as Best Supporting Actor inThe Big Countryrather than for his performance inCat On a Hot Tin Roof.As a consummate, practical-minded operator in Washington, Saunders admits to a loss of idealism in her own outlook, expressing o Paine her desire to quit as Smith""s secretary unless she is richly compensated for babysitting the newcomer.As a clock gonged twelve o""clock midnight (it actually struck 13 times), the camera moved to a fireplace and before it, a massive wooden coffin set on a table.After halting and hovering above the structure, a massive set of hangar doors opened up below him in the side of the structure.