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Rock around the clock movie1/2/2024 Relatively speaking, the film’s most interesting figure is Corinne Talbot (Alix Talton), who handles bookings for the venues in which Hollis wants the band to play. Meanwhile he begins a romance with dancer Lisa Johns (LIsa Gaye). Ĭonvinced that rock and roll is the next big thing, Hollis strikes a deal to manage the group. Traveling through a small farm town, he attends the local teenage dance, where he is introduced to rock and roll music via local band Bill Haley and His Comets. The simplistic narrative tells a fictionalized version of how rock and roll was presumably “discovered” and “spread around.” Band manager Steve Hollis (Johnny Johnston), realizing that that band music is failing to draw audiences, comes across a new, revolutionary sound More important musically and sociologically than cinematically, this movie is historically considered to be the first major Hollywood rock and roll musical film. Shot on a small budget, over a short period of time in January 1956, the movie aimed to capitalize on the popularity of his best-selling record, “Rock Around the Clock.” The iconic song had already debuted in Richard Brooks controversial Blackboard Jungle, a 1955 juvenile delinquence feature, starring Glenn Ford and the young Sidney Poitier as a high-schooler. I am grateful to Robert Osborne and TCM for showing this movie on Sunday, July 19, 2015. ![]() Sears, the movie features about 20 (by now classic) songs from the likes of Bill Haley and the Comets, along with Alan Freed (playing himself), The Platters, Tony Martinez, and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys. Produced by Sam Katzman, Rock Around the Clock is a B-level movie in every respect, but music, which is still glorious and irresistible.
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