![]() ![]() When Corinne arrives in Los Angeles for the show, she continues to press Steve to marry her. While the Comets are in California, Steve decides to present a rock-and-roll jamboree televised from Los Angeles and hosted by Freed. After Lisa agrees, the band embarks upon a tour starting in San Francisco. Afterward, Corinne meets Lisa for lunch and insists that she sign a clause promising not to marry for the term of her contract. When Steve turns her down, Corinne agrees to a three-year contract instead. Soon after, Corinne summons Steve to her office and offers him a partnership in exchange for the Comets' contracts. Although Corinne's employee, Mike Dodd, advises her to relent and hire the band, she ignores him. After Steve convinces Freed to have the Comets perform on his radio show, they become a smash hit and Corinne is besieged by requests to book them. Corinne successfully prevents the group from performing until Steve hears a radio broadcast emceed by rock-and-roll disc jockey Alan Freed and remembers that Freed owes him a favor. Although the Comets are a hit, Corinne launches a campaign to blackball them. As the Comets begin to play, the staid teachers are scandalized until Lisa takes to the dance floor and brings the teenage prom goers to their feet. To make a fool of Steve, Corinne books the Comets to perform at the senior prom of an exclusive girls' school in Connecticut. When Steve begins to extol the virtues of Lisa and the Comets, Corinne, who has romantic designs on Steve, becomes jealous of Lisa. Between kisses, Steve and Lisa strike a bargain and Steve goes to New York to arrange bookings with Corinne Talbot, the owner of the largest talent agency in show business. When Lisa demands that the boys receive ninety percent of their booking fees, Steve decides to soften her up through romance. When Steve proposes that they turn professional and offers to manage them, Lisa Johns, a dancer with the band, is skeptical of Steve's blandishments. Recognizing the group's potential, Steve is amazed that they are only part-time musicians and work during the week as farmers. Curious, they follow the teens to a dance hall and witness the crowd rocking to the music of Bill Haley and His Comets. Along the way, they stop at the small town of Strawberry Springs and are surprised to find the streets bustling with teenagers on their way to a dance. Jukebox Musical: The film features acts like Bill Haley and His Comets and The Platters lip-synching to previously released recordings, with the exception of a live-to-camera performance of the Comets instrumental "Rudy's Rock" and a couple of minor numbers.As the popularity of big band music wanes, Steve Hollis, a manager for one of the bands, declares the business is dead and decides to drive to New York City with his friend, Corny LaSalle.As Himself: Besides the bands themselves, pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed appears apparently, Steve called in a favor owed to him.The '50s: The movie is a window to the early days of rock 'n' roll in the '50s, in the vein of Go, Johnny, Go! and Shake, Rattle & Rock!.Steve turns to agent Corinne Talbot (Alix Talton), who handles bookings for nearly all of the venues in which Steve needs the band to play to gain them exposure, but Corinne's primary interest in Steve, however, turns out to be more than professional, and so Steve will need to maneuver around her to give the Comets the exposure they need. Convinced that rock and roll will be the next big thing, Hollis strikes a deal to manage the group and also strikes up a romance with dancer Lisa Johns (Lisa Gaye). While traveling through a small town, he attends the local teenage dance and meets local band Bill Haley and His Comets and is introduced to rock and roll music and dancing. ![]() As band manager Steve Hollis (Johnny Johnston) observes that big band dance music is failing to draw audiences any longer, he comes across a new sound that piques his interest. The film tells a highly fictionalized rendition of how rock and roll was discovered. Rock Around the Clock is a 1956 musical film featuring Bill Haley & His Comets and other bands such as the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band, and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys. ![]()
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