Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956 film)

Shake, Rattle & Rock!
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
Edited by	; Charles Gross
Music by	Alexander Courage
Production; company	Sunset Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures (US); Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	April 5, 1957;
Running time	72 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$79,000

Shake Rattle and Rock! is a 1956 musical and comedy-drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn for American International Pictures. It was originally released as a double feature with Runaway Daughters.

Plot[]

A disk jockey and a hipster battle adults trying to ban rock and roll in a small home town. Rock and roll legend Fats Domino appears.

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 & 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[]

Shooting started 23 July 1956.^[2] It was the first in a series of films for Sunset Productions, distributed by AIP.^[3]

Soundtrack[]

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

Critical response[]

Allmovie gave the film a rating of 2 stars. A review by Cinemania criticized the actors "for the way they chew up the scenes!".^[4]

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.
^ http://cinemania.co.nz/review.php?id=253. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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

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[1] Gordon, Alex. "The Pit and the Pen". No. 39. p. 29. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[2] 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.

[3] Schallert, Edwin (13 July 1956). "Drama: Sheldon Reynolds Will Do 'Tequila' in Mexico; 'Black Stockings' a foot". Los Angeles Times. p. 25.

[4] ttp://cinemania.co.nz/review.php?id=253. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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v t Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
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