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Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956 film)

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Directed by
  
Edward L. Cahn

Cinematography
  
Frederick E. West

Director
  
Edward L. Cahn

6.2/10
IMDb

Written by
  
Lou Rusoff

Initial release
  
1956

Budget
  
79,000 USD

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Produced by
  
Alex Gordon James H. Nicholson

Starring
  
Touch Connors Lisa Gaye Sterling Holloway Douglass Dumbrille

Music by
  
Alexander Courage Ronald Stein

Music director
  
Ronald Stein, Alexander Courage

Producers
  
James H. Nicholson, Alex Gordon

Cast
  
Lisa Gaye, Mike Connors, Sterling Holloway, Douglass Dumbrille

Similar
  
Adolescence movies, Musicals

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.

Contents

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. 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 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 George Matola and Johnny Lehmann)

    • 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!".

    References

    Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956 film) Wikipedia
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