Rock, Rock, Rock (film)

Rock, Rock, Rock
One-sheet for the film
Directed by	Will Price
Produced by	Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Written by	Phyllis Coe Milton Subotsky
Starring	Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Alan Freed Teddy Randazzo
Music by	Milton Subotsky Frank Virtue Ray Ellis
Production company	Vanguard Productions
Distributed by	Distributors Corporation of America
Release date	December 7, 1956
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75,000 plus $25,000 in deferments

Rock, Rock, Rock! is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture 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. Almost every member of the cast was signed to a record label at the time, which was credited along with each star. Later West Side Story cast member David Winters is also featured. Famed disc jockey Alan Freed made an appearance as himself.

The movie has a fairly simple plot: teenage girl Dori Graham (played by then 13-year-old Tuesday Weld, with a credited Connie Francis dubbed in as Dori's singing voice) can't persuade her dad to buy her a strapless gown and has to get the money together herself in time for the prom. Jack Collins plays the frustrated dad.

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 Lyman & the Teenagers. This was also Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers film debut.