Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956 film)

1956 film by Edward L. Cahn

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Shake, Rattle & Rock!

Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Written by	Lou Rusoff
Produced by	Alex Gordon James H. Nicholson
Starring	Touch Connors Lisa Gaye Sterling Holloway Douglass Dumbrille
Cinematography	Frederick E. West
Edited by	Robert S. Eisen Charles Gross
Music by	Alexander Courage
Production company	Sunset Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	April 5, 1957 (1957-04-05)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$79,000

Shake, Rattle & Rock! is a 1956 American musical comedy drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye and Sterling Holloway. It was distributed by American International Pictures. It was originally released as a double feature with Runaway Daughters.

Plot

A disc jockey and a hipster battle adults trying to ban rock and roll in a small town.

Cast

Mike Connors (credited as "Touch Connors") as Garry Nelson
Lisa Gaye as June Fitzdingle
Sterling Holloway as Albert "Axe" McAllister
Douglass Dumbrille as Eustace Fentwick III
Raymond Hatton as Horace Fitzdingle
Margaret Dumont as Georgianna Fitzdingle
Percy Helton as Hiram, the funeral director
Paul Dubov as Bugsy Smith
Eddie Kafafian as Nick
Charles Evans as Bill Bentley
Clarence Kolb as Judge McCombs
Fats Domino as himself
Tommy Charles as himself
Jimmy Pickford as Eddie
Leon Tyler as Aloysius Pentigrouch
Pat Gregory as Pat
Rosie and Carlos as teen dance contest winners
Annitta Ray as Annita, singing slum teen
Giovanna Fiorino as Helen
Frank Jenks as Frank, TV program manager
Joe Devlin as squad car officer
Pierre Watkin as Armstrong, editor
Nancy Kilgas as Nancy
Choker Campbell as himself
Big Joe Turner as himself

Production

Filming for Shake, Rattle and Rock! began on July 23, 1956. It was the first in a series of films for Sunset Productions, distributed by AIP.

Soundtrack

Fats Domino – "I'm in Love Again" (written by Domino as Antoine Domino)
Fats Domino – "Honey Chile"
Fats Domino – "Ain't That a Shame" (written by Domino and David Bartholomew)
Joe Turner – "Feelin' Happy"
Big Joe Turner – "Lipstick, Powder & Paint" (written by Charles F. Calhoun)
"The Choker"
"Rock, Rock, Rock"
"Sweet Love on My Mind" (written by Wayne Walker)
"Rockin' on Saturday Night" (written by George Matola and Johnny Lehmann)

Reception

In a modern-day review, Allmovie called the film "endearingly awful" and awarded it film a rating of two stars.

References

Gordon, Alex. "The Pit and the Pen". No. 39. p. 29. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
Godbout, Oscar (23 June 1956). "Gregory to Film Novel by Kantor: Producer Will Make 'On My Honor' from 'God and My Country' for R.K.O. Warwick Signs Two of Local Origin". New York Times. p. 15.
Schallert, Edwin (13 July 1956). "Drama: Sheldon Reynolds Will Do 'Tequila' in Mexico; 'Black Stockings' a foot". Los Angeles Times. p. 25.
Erickson, Hal. "Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1957)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2022-03-21.

External links

Shake, Rattle & Rock! at IMDb
Shake, Rattle & Rock! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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