MARILYN MONROE ALMOST HAD ELVIS

According to a forthcoming new book on ELVIS PRESLEY, 'ON ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD', by LAMAR FIKE (with celeb-author MARK BEGO), THE KING and MARILYN MONROE ... almost hooked up.Says Fike, "In 1957, while Elvis was filming JAILHOUSE ROCK on the MGM lot, Marilyn was filming THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL. She invited Elvis over to the set for the 'wrap party',and he didn't feel comfortable going to a party full of other stars, so he sent me. When I got to the party I ended up talking to her for a half-hour and found her just terrific. When I got back, I told Elvis how charming Marilyn was and he said curtly, well, 'it sure took you long enough to say Elvis couldn't make it'."Fike's book ON ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD ... will be out in the Spring.