GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”King Creole” with Sheila O’Malley

If you’ve spent any time reading the marvelous, energetic, infectiously enthusiastic prose of Sheila O’Malley — film critic, essayist, and author of the recent “The Art and Making of Frankenstein” — you will not be surprised that, given a list of movies to choose from, she chose one starring Elvis Presley. So we discussed “King Creole,” his 1958 vehicle directed by Michael Curtiz and co-starring Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, and a (comparatively!) young Walter Matthau.