| Don't
Knock The Rock (aka: Hi-Fi, Rhythm
and Blues) |
| "The
kings of rock are rollin' back to the screen... in their biggest!" |
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Synopsis: ROCK
MUSIC GETS BANNED! ... A disc jockey (Freed) tries to prove
to teenagers' parents and the Mayor that rock 'n' roll is harmless
and won't turn their kids into juvenile delinquents. DJ Alan Freed
schedules a big charity dance to convince a newspaper columnist
that there is no harm in the new form of music. Bill Haley and
his Comets play some great music.
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Many of Hollywood's best vintage Hollywood Style West
Coast Swing
/ Jitterbug dancers make up the main dancing cast in this film.
Jitterbuggers dance to some of the best rock and Roll music of
the day. The Rock and Roll craze officially started with this
film but was already set in motion a year earlier with the film
Blackboard Jungle using
Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock' in 1955. West
Coast Swing
also got it's main shot in the arm with this movie and the name
(WCS) was actually being used to now describe this dance by it's
dancers, but unfortunately the Film studios still sold it as Rock
and Roll and Jitterbug.
This film is very rare, but is easily found on the internet with
a little searching.
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