Rock All Night A Film By Roger Corman (1957)
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- Two escaping killers hide out in a club called the Cloud Nine and hold the bartender and clients hostage. Amongst the patrons are a nervous singer (Abby Dalton), a boxer, his wife, and manager, an extortionist, a loud thug and his girlfriend, as well as a small man who can determine people's real (as opposed to posed) personalities and has no fear (Dick Miller).
Rock All Night is a 1957 American International Pictures (AIP) film produced and directed by Roger Corman based on a 25-minute television episode of The Jane Wyman Theatre from 1955 called "Little Guy." It stars Dick Miller, Russell Johnson and Abby Dalton. The film was released as a double feature with Dragstrip Girl.
The film was based on a TV play The Little Guy which aired on Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre in September 1955. It was directed by Don Weis.
CAST
Dane Clark as Shorty
Lee Marvin as Jigger
Jesse White as Al
Peggy Maley as Mabel
Ron Hargrave as Kid
Richard Karlan as Jerry
Jack Albert
Paul Bryar
Joan Camden as Sylvia
Richard Carlan
Bill Kennedy
Len Lesser
Adam Williams
Dane Clark signed on to star in July 1955, after having just appeared in a stage production where his leading lady died in his arms.
In October 1956 Roger Corman bought the rights to "Little Guy" from Jane Wyman for his production company Sunset Productions. Dane Clark was originally sought to play the lead.
Corman gave the script to Charles B. Griffith to expand into a feature. Mel Welles later claimed Corman wanted Griffith to turn the story "into a rock script to emulate the success of Rock Around the Clock and all those pictures were having."
According to one account, Griffith says he wrote the script over the weekend:
I cut it up with a pair of scissors, this original screenplay, and added new characters like Sir Bop, which was to be played by Lord Buckley, but Mel Welles ended up playing it because Buckley was out of town. Mel wrote his own “hiptionary” for sale in the theatre to go with it. Dick Miller was in the Dane Clark part. He was the little guy of the title. The music was by Buck Ram, The Platters and those people all doing their hit songs. Of course, no songs were written in 24 hours... I would just put down “musical number here”. The girl has her dialogue with the guys and then turns around to sing a song. It was up to them what she sang, up to Roger.
According to another account, what happened was two days before filming there was a change in the schedule of The Platters and they were only going to be available for one day so Griffith rewrote the script in 48 hours.
The film was at one stage known as Rock'n'Roll Girl.
Songwriter and manager Buck Ram offered a slew of his musical talent such as The Platters, accompanied by the Eddie Beal sextet with Eric Dolphy on baritone saxophone, The Blockbusters, and Nora Hayes to AIP in return for having the sole rights to a soundtrack album for the film. Corman filmed Ram's acts lip-synching their tunes on a separate set that comprise the beginning of the film. Rock All Night was made in five days and originally appeared as a double feature with Dragstrip Girl.
Comedian Lord Buckley had planned to be in the film, but when he was unavailable, one of Corman's stock company and a writer for Buckley, Mel Welles imitated Buckley in the role of "Sir Bop". Corman was worried no one would understand what Wells was saying so Wells wrote a dictionary of hip talk for the film.
Dick Miller, a former Navy boxing champion, played the role Dane Clark did in the television show, with Russell Johnson playing the role that Lee Marvin originated.
Despite the short shooting schedule and minimal locations (only two sets), Corman always regarded the movie as a personal favourite.
The production earned Don Weis the Screen Directors Guild Award for Best Director of a TV Play in 1955.
In 1993 Showtime announced they would remake a number of AIP films of the 1950s. Quentin Tarantino was to do a remake of Rock All Night. However the film was never made.
Robert Rodriguez got the idea to make Grindhouse after seeing a poster on Quentin Tarantino's wall advertising Rock All Night and Dragstrip Girl. - ตลก
Love 50s music, cars, clothes everything , this is great
I was 5. When I srtarted loving music I’m 73 now still loveit that 50s music I’m 73 now and still love it
I was seven years old when I got my first Platters single - The Great
Pretender. Still love them just as much today, 65 years later!
I loved this video, When I was a kid my dad watched it all the time.I didn't know the difference between the old movies and the new ones, I'm going to watch this video again,,,, Very cool.🎼🇺🇲❤️🙂 0:11
Surprisingly good movie~ always enjoy Dick Miller, and I'm sure glad Corman exploited him in his films!
Dick Miller was a sort of American Michael Ripper!
Dig! I'm flippin' over this crazy reel. I need a hiptionary to sing the kool grooves of it, Daddy! What a gem...one of the best! 💎 Thanks!
RIP, Mr Corman, one of the best friends rock 'n' roll ever had. Also, maybe Dick Miller's best acting ever.
A small gem.
Great to see footage featuring Zola Taylor
First time I heard her sing!
Zola is mind blowing in this extravaganza!
...Daddy O this was the 'Nazz'. Hip flick, dig it...
Roger Corman passed today. R.I.P.
A LONG LIFE OF 98 YEARS R.I.P.
I love what you do in the description box, the history and details that went into production. You really do your homework sir, and it's much appreciated. 😏 now I'll watch the film...🌹
Okay, I watched it, it was okay. The best part was the Platters...I bet Corman got them for a song. 😏
Um dos melhores filmes do gênero, com inúmeros músicos de alto quilate. maneco - Porto Alegre-RS - Brasil.
Thanks for posting. ;)
Cool Corman. And I don't think anyone mentioned that the inimitable and dearly departed David Crosby's dad, Floyd Crosby, was the cinematographer.
You did a great job with one, Amadeo. Super strong directing.
Daddy O - man these are real Hep-Cats!
Brilliantly strange little movie, clearly a major influence on Godard's A Bout De Souffle and Bande A Part.
Cool Daddy O !
Video Archives podcast brought me here
I really dig this yes daddy it’s really hip
Love the talk of this time
Beatnik manager for a rock n roll outfit.
That was Frankie Lyman wife singing at the beginning .
Zola Taylor. And what was she doing with HIM? He had Big-Time problems, and died of a heroin overdose at age 25.
Frankie Lyman had three wives!
@@ronaldbrush4373at the same time! 😂
Hilarious!
The professor
Quinten Taratino almost remade this
Trippy
Daddy oh this is really hip
Go Platters Go
Slide me some skin,daddy.
And just what in the hell got into the professor?
Popeye's spinach? In his earlier roles he was usually a heavy.
daddy I I really dig this it’s really hip
So bad its good! Lol
Love the flick, but wow, why did they have a male Platters member at the end of the first tune talking about how he liked some GUY? That was a huge mis step.
Not what I was expecting. Can’t approve of calling “King Kong” nothing special though.
Fantastic GEM... shall watch several times and the PLATTERS!!! incredible. Wokesters would have a fit hearing the old drunk called FATSO. Body shaming at its best .. LOL
not a drunk, an "alcohol attracted person..."
Aw, do we have to insert your toxic politics into an otherwise awesome time...🙄 I'm going to enjoy this in spite of you...go on back to sleep...
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I saw this film a few years ago, a late night show. When it came back a few months later, I skipped it because I found it boring.
In what trashcan did Roger Corman find this dialog?
A tightly-wound little melodrama with songs and dances; but unfortunately sunk by the cliched would-be film noir dialogue. Some of the acting is slightly above average, but again undercut by the deadbeats.
It stinks.
Give me a valid reason why this sucks
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Too much lousy music, no drama. That's all.
the slang gets annoying.
Aw, what's the dip daddy-o? Can't jive with the live? Not hip to the skip? 😂😂😂
@@miapdx503he's a real square man. 😮
Lame
@@brokenwindowfilms why defensive?
@@joejones9520why so hostile? It's a film. If you like it, enjoy it. If you don't, keep it pushing.
@@miapdx503 ?
@@miapdx503 you're right