Rock, Rock, Rock (film)

Rock, Rock, Rock

One-sheet for the film
Directed by Will Price
Produced by Max Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
Written by Phyllis Coe
Milton Subotsky
Starring Tuesday Weld
Chuck Berry
Alan Freed
Teddy Randazzo
Music by Milton Subotsky
Frank Virtue
Ray Ellis
Production
company
Vanguard Productions
Distributed by Distributors Corporation of America
Release dates
 December 7, 1956
Running time
 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $75,000 plus $25,000 in deferments[1]

Rock, Rock, Rock! is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture featuring performances from a number of early rock 'n' roll stars, such as Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, the Moonglows, the Flamingos, and the Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as lead singer. Later West Side Story cast member David Winters is also featured. Famed disc jockey Alan Freed made an appearance as himself. The singing voice of the main character (Dori Graham) was sung by Connie Francis.

The movie has a fairly simple plot: teenage girl Dori Graham (played by then 13-year-old Tuesday Weld) can't persuade her dad to buy her a strapless gown and has to get the money together herself in time for the prom. Jack Collins plays the frustrated dad.

Valerie Harper made her debut in a brief appearance as an extra seated at the center table during the performance of "Ever Since I Can Remember" by Cirino and the Bowties and can be seen after the performance of Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers. This was also Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers film debut.

In 1984, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) because of the claimant's failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[2]

Cast

Rock, Rock, Rock

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album, also titled Rock, Rock, Rock, was released by Chess Records labeled LP 1425.[4] The soundtrack compilation featured four songs each from only three artists, Chuck Berry, The Moonglows, and The Flamingos. And only four songs on the album ("Over and Over Again," "I Knew From the Stars," "You Can't Catch Me," and "Would I Be Crying") actually appear in the film. The Connie Francis songs "I Never Had a Sweetheart" and "Little Blue Wren" appeared in the film and were also released by MGM Records in 1956 as a Connie Francis single.

Production

This was the first feature film collaboration between Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg.[1]

Reception

The film was a success at the box office.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 7
  2. ↑ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313.
  3. 1 2 3 from the movie
  4. ↑ Chuck Berry's Collector Guide

Sources

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