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Carnival Rock

-- Synopsis:
    Cult CLassic 50's High School Teenage Rock-N-Roll Drive In, Hot Rods, Side Show Midway Acts, This film is more of a drama than a rock movie as it actually has a plot. "Chrisy" Christakos (David Stewart) is the sleazy owner of a small time carnival who also happens to be madly in love with a young girl singer named Natalie (Susan Cabot) he hired but Natalie loves Stanley (Brian G. Hutton) a clean-cut gambler who ends up buying the club, and Christy is going a bit mad because of it. Features a Drag Race and has some good music by the Platters and others.


* Features:

    Some Jitterbug / Swing dancing is shown in this film to some good ole Rock and Roll / Rockabilly music. Gil Brady and Frieda Angela Wyckoff are featured swing dancers in this film. Gil Brady is also featured on one of the covers (Not the one shown.)


Carnival Rock 1 Carnival Rock 2 Carnival Rock 3 Carnival Rock 4

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1957 How Co. / Rhino Video Roger Corman
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75 minutes USA English Black and White

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Featured Dancer

Featured Dance

Dance Rating

Drama / Music Gil Brady Hollywood Style: West Coast Swing Good

Known Dancers

Choreographers

Actors / Actresses

Gil Brady Specialty Dancers Brian G. Hutton
Frieda Angela Wyckoff   David J. Stewart
    Dick Miller
    Dorothy Neumann
    Frankie Ray
    Mamie Van Doren (Hosting)
    Susan Cabot
     

Dances performed in this film   

Special Dance Interest

Jitterbug | West Coast Swing n/a n/a Night Club scenes
     

Music Titles in Film

Bands / Musicians / Singers

Posters / Lobby Cards

All Night Long (Luhman) Bob Luman and The Shadows n/a
Carnival Rock The Platters    
Creep, the The Blockbusters    
O-Shoo-Bla-D (Teen Age Bop) David Houston    
One and Only (Houston) James Burton    
Remember When      
Teen Age Frankie and Johyyn      
Teen Age Kisses      
There's No Place to Go      
This Is The Night (Luhman)      
...(See SOUNDTRACK Below)      

Stage versions of the film

Cast Recordings | Soundtracks

Similar Films

Sheet Music Covers

n/a CaRnivAL ROcK Soundtrack Blackboard Jungle (1955) n/a
    Don't Knock The Rock (1956)  
    Don't Knock the Twist (1961)  
    Footloose (Kevin Bacon)  
    Livin' It Up (Jerry Lewis)  
    Rock and Roll Revue  
    Rock Around the Clock (1956)  
    Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)  
    Rock You Sinners (1957)  
    Shake, Rattle & Rock (1956)  
    The Big Beat (1958)  

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