In 2022, Warner Brothers released the movie Elvis, which explores the complex and sometimes contentious relationship between the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, and his longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Hollywood icon Tom Hanks.
Through guile and charm, Parker convinces Presley to give him exclusive control of Presley’s career, which Parker uses to enrich himself over the best interests of Presley. In the 1970s, Parker tricked Presley into signing a five-year Las Vegas casino residency contract even though Presley vociferously expressed his desire to perform internationally.
As portrayed in the movie, Parker, a compulsive gambler, raked up huge gambling debts and the casino executives called in these…