Monday, March 30, 2020

SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROCK 1957 (SHOUT TV)

Another winner from AIP.

Mike Conners stars as a DJ named Garry Nelson who hosts a local TV show where teens dance to rock music. A local group of "concerned" what him and the program shut down because they believe rock music causes juvenile delinquency.

The group of 5 people harass Garry and his music loving followers and they come up with one trumped up charge after another to bring him down.

To make matters worse Garry is dating a beautiful young woman named June (Lisa Gaye) who happens to be the niece of one of the citizens group. They try to keep it a secret but it doesn't work.

Garry sets up a concert with such great acts as Fats Domino, Tommy Charles, Annitta Ray and Big Joe Turner. The citizens group has the concert shut down because they claim it is disturbing the peace. This leads to a near riot and Garry soon finds himself and Rock N' Roll on trial.

This is a great little movie for fans of 50's rock n' roll and we get to hear Domino sing "Ain't That A Shame", "Honey Chile" and "I'm In Love Again". Big Joe Turner sings "Rock, Rock, Rock". This is great stuff indeed.

Edward L. Cahn handled the directing chores and did a great job as usual. The rest of the cast includes Sterling Holloway, Raymond Hatton, Tommy Charles, Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Dubov, Margaret Dumont and Frank Jenks.

It took me years to see this fun film and I had REALLY enjoyed it. If you like 50's music and the entire era that was then you'll enjoy this movie. i have to give it a very high recommendation and I thank Shout TV for streaming it.

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