| Rock, Rock, Rock! | |
|---|---|
 One-sheet for the film | |
| Directed by | Will Price |
| Written by | Phyllis Coe Milton Subotsky |
| Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Starring | Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Fran Manfred Alan Freed Teddy Randazzo |
| Music by | Milton Subotsky Frank Virtue Ray Ellis |
Production company | Vanguard Productions |
| Distributed by | Distributors Corporation of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75,000 plus $25,000 in deferments[1] |
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 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.
Valerie Harper made her debut in a brief appearance as an extra seated at the center table during the performance of "Ever Since I Can Remember" by Cirino and the Bowties and can be seen after the performance of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. This was also Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' film debut.
Almost every member of the cast was signed to a record label at the time, which was credited along with each star. In 1984, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. The film's numerous musical numbers may have been copyrighted separately, however.[2]
- ^ Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 7
- ^ 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. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.