| Don't
Knock The Rock (aka:
Hi-Fi, Rhythm and Blues) |
| "The
kings of rock are rollin' back to the screen .. in their biggest!" |
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.
* Many of Hollywood's
best vintage Hollywood Style West
Coast Swing Jitterbug dancers make up the main dancing cast
in this film. West Coast Jitterbugger's 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
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Ballrooms
