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Rock'n Roll Revue is a 1955 American film directed by Joseph Kohn. The film was compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films produced by Snader and Studio Telescriptions, with newly filmed host segments by Willie Bryant.
Rock Around the Clock was a major box-office success, and soon many more rock-and-roll musical films (notably the big-budget "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It) would be produced. Within a year, Elvis Presley (whose first film, 1956's Love Me Tender , was a Western, not a rock-and-roll film) would soon appear in the most popular films of the ...
March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Canyon Crossroads: Alfred L. Werker: Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott: Western: United Artists: Captain Lightfoot ...
The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, ... laying the groundwork for the rock and roll songs of the 1960s and the rebellious tunes of the 1970s ...
The film marked the rock and roll revolution by featuring Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock", [20] initially a B-side, over the film's opening credits (with a lengthy drum solo introduction, unlike the originally released single), as well as in the first scene, in an instrumental version in the middle of the film, and at the close ...
Rock, Rock, Rock! is a 1956 musical drama film conceived, co-written and co-produced by Milton Subotsky and directed by Will Price. The film is an early jukebox musical featuring performances by established rock and roll singers of the era, including Chuck Berry , LaVern Baker , Teddy Randazzo , the Moonglows , the Flamingos , and the Teenagers ...
Rhythm and Blues Revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films produced by Snader and Studio Telescriptions, with newly filmed host segments by Willie Bryant.