Tonight's a double feature, because I'm know I've posted one of these movies before, possibly multiple times. That said, I can't believe I haven't yet milked it for a Lock Down Theater. So I am. And you can't go away pissed because you've seen it before, there's another flick.
First is the seminal 1956 rock 'n' roll flick The Girl Can't Help It. A relatively big budget film, it has what has got to be the best quality color footage of Gene Vincent, Little Richard and Eddie Cochran that exists. Oh, and Fats Domino too. I'd guess the reason for the big budget was because it starred Jayne Mansfield who was at her peak about then. She was the star power on this one, due to her hourglass figure. So, yeah, Jayne Mansfield's tits are the reason we have this quality footage of early rock icons.
The other movie is Rock All Night from 1957, that doesn't have quite the star power but Quentin Tarantino said that it was his favorite Roger Corman flick. Corman was pretty much the king of B movies. Whether you care what Tarantino's taste is or not, he likely knows more about B movies, grindhouse films and Roger Corman than you or I. Hell, I'll give it a shot.
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Cat Man mp3 at LYWL
Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' mp3 at The New LoFi
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody mp3 at Rocky 52
The double feature:
The Girl Can't Help It at YouTube
Rock All Night at YouTube
1 comment:
In this movie, you have eye-popping footage of The Treniers, who are the missing link between jump blues and rock 'n' roll.
The movie was directed by a guy who used to supervise Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies cartoons at Warner Brothers. Which is how much of it seems to have the tempo of a cartoon.
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