Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Will Price

Writers:

Phyllis Coe (story)
Milton Subotsky (writer)

Release Date:

26 December 1956 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

FRANKIE LYMON and THE TEEN-AGERS - HEAR them sing "I'm not a Juvenile Delinquent" SEE - Lovely LA VERN BAKER - HEAR her sing "TRA-LA-LA" SEE - The Inimitable CHUCK BERRY - HEAR him sing "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME"

Plot:

A young teenage girl desperately tries to earn enough money to buy a dress for a school rock and roll dance...

Plot Keywords:

Rock Music | Teen

Cast

Alan Freed	...	Himself (as Alan Freed and his Rock 'N Roll Band)
Fran Manfred	...	Arabella
Tuesday Weld	...	Dori Graham
Teddy Randazzo	...	Tommy Rogers
Jacqueline Kerr	...	Gloria Barker
Ivy Schulman	...	Baby
The Moonglows	...	Themselves
Chuck Berry	...	Himself
The Flamingos	...	Themselves
Jimmy Cavallo and the House Rockers	...	Themselves
The Johnny Burnette Trio	...	Themselves
La Vern Baker	...	Herself
Cirino and the Bowties	...	Themselves
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	...	Themselves
Jack Collins	...	Dori's Father

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Vanguard Productions (I)

Trivia:

Jack Collins' film debut.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

You Can't Catch Me

comments from someone who saw the movie in 1956 (15 times)

A movie that pre-dates music videos by a number of years, "Rock, Rock, Rock" showcased a number of well-known and not so well-known groups in a venue that, admittedly, had very little plot. However, this was 1956, and to have Alan Freed take groups that had, and still were having, so much social impact in "the real world" and put them together on celluloid was a marvellous event. Again, this was 1956, and I don't think I would have seen Cirino and the Bowties, Johnny Burnette, Teddy Randazzo, Jimmy Cavallo and the Houserockers anywhere else during that period. I watched/shouted to/screamed to/danced/to this movie in 1956 (at 10 years of age) and have seen it about 14-15 times since. I'm certain that had I seen it in 1999 for the first time, my point of view would have been much different, but that's only natural. After all, what kind of critical analysis will Pink Floyd's "The Wall" get in the year 2020? If you can look at this movie with "1956 eyes," you get a heck of a lot more than just "weak plot." By the way, Chubby Checker was NOT in this film.