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Jailhouse Rock Overview:

Jailhouse Rock (1957) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman.

Jailhouse Rock was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2004.

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Jailhouse Rock (1957)

By Beatrice on Jun 23, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Jailhouse Rock Directed by Richard Thorpe Written by Guy Trosper; story by Nedrick Young 1957/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Avon Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This better-than-average vehicle for Elvis is a lot of fun. Vince Everett (Elvis Presley) is minding his own business in a bar w... Read full article

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

By Kristen on Jan 9, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

I figured it was only right to review an Elvis Presley movie, since his birthday was yesterday. I’m a casual fan of Elvis, the actor. I watched Viva Las Vegas a few years back, and despite the charms of Ann-Margaret, I found the film stale. With that, I decided to watch Jailhouse Rock which, accor... Read full article

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Jailhouse Rock Quotes:

Vince Everett: [their first meeting, after she has criticized his dull singing style] Okay, you're used to the top talent. What are you wasting your time working *me* over for?
Peggy Van Alden: [softly] I like the way you swing a guitar.
[they look at each other and start laughing]
Vince Everett: Yeah, I guess I *did* get a lot of wrist action into it, didn't I?
Peggy Van Alden: I think I'm going to just hate you!
Vince Everett: No, you ain't gonna hate me. I ain't gonna let you hate me.
Peggy Van Alden: How dare you think such cheap tactics would work with me!
Vince Everett: That ain't tactics, honey. It's just the beast in me.
Sherry Wilson: I asked for nothing, I expected nothing and I got nothing.
Vince Everett: Well, what'd you expect for nothing?
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Jailhouse Rock Facts
One day, while filming a scene, Elvis Presley swallowed a tooth cap and had to be hospitalized to remove it.
Elvis's band in the film is his real-life band including Scottie Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on stand-up bass. Both have been with Elvis since his beginnings in Memphis at Sun Records. In the recording studio scenes, the piano player is Mike Stoller of the Lieber and Stoller songwriting team who wrote many of the major hit rock songs of the 50's.
During the recording session of "Don't Leave Me Now," the studio wall is covered with portraits of other RCA artists including: The Ames Brothers (Joe, Gene, Vic & Ed), Jaye P. Morgan, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, Tony Martin, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte and Hugo Winterhalter. Studio session musicians included: Bassist Bill Black, drummer D.J. Fontana, pianist Mike Stoller and guitarist Scotty Moore. Elvis performed this song three times over the course of this movie.
Originally the choreographer, Alex Romero, created a dance for the song "Jailhouse Rock" that was in a style that was apropos for a more classically trained dancer than Elvis. When Mr. Romero realized that his plans for the number were never going to work, he asked Elvis how would he normally move to the song; thus, this is how Elvis became the uncredited choreographer for what could be considered his most famous dance number in all of his movies.
In the listing of the American Film Institute's "100 years, 100 Songs" the song "Jailhouse Rock" was voted #21.
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