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
  • 1956
Running time
 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $75,000 plus $25,000 in deferments[1]
Rock, Rock, Rock

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 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 convince her dad to buy her a strapless gown and has to get the money together herself in time for the prom.

The soundtrack album, also titled Rock, Rock, Rock, is nowadays widely regarded as Chuck Berry's first album.[2] Many of the artists featured in the film do not appear on the album, 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. In addition, "I Never Had a Sweetheart" and "Little Blue Wren" also appeared in the film and was sung by Connie Francis in her MGM Records single at the same time in 1956.

Both Jack Collins and Valerie Harper (who makes a brief appearance as an extra in the crowd at the prom) made their film debut in Rock, Rock, Rock.

In 1984, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) due to the claimant's failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[3]

Featured songs

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 7
  2. ↑ Chuck Berry's Collector Guide
  3. ↑ 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. OCLC 15122313. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 from the movie

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