JAMBOREE

Jamboree
(aka Disc Jockey Jamboree)
Warner Bros., 1957, B/W, 86 minutes, ***

"Boy pop singer meets girl pop singer" is the basic plot for this early rock 'n' roll musical, but the main reasons to watch are vintage performances by Fats Domino ("Wait and See"), Jerry Lee Lewis ("Great Balls of Fire"), Carl Perkins ("Glad All Over"), Philly's own Charlie Gracie and even Count Basie and Slim Whitman! Bob Pastine and Kay Medford star.

Producer: Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky
Director: Roy Lockwood
Screenplay: Leonard Kantor
Musical Composer: Otis Blackwell and Neal Hefti
Art Direction: Paul Barnes
Cinematographer: Jack Etra
Film Editing: Robert Brockman, Anita Posner

Cast: Kay Medford [Grace Shaw], Bob Pastine [Lew Arthur], Paul Carr [Pete Porter], Freda Holloway [Honey Wynn], David King-Wood [Warren Sykes], Jean Martin [Cindy Styles], Tony Travis [Stage Manager], Leonard Schneider [Assistant Stage Manager], Aaron Schroeder [Songwriter], With: Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie Francis [singing voice of Honey Wynn], Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Louie Lymon and The Teenchords, Slim Whitman, The Four Coins, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Fats Domino, Andy Martin, Rocco and His Saints, Joe Smith, Joe Finan, Keith Sandy, Zenas Sears, Milt Grant, Dick Clark, Barry Kaye, Sandy Singer, Ray Perkins, Gerry Myers, Jocko Henderson, Ed Bonner, Robin Seymour, Dick Whittinghill, Howard Miller, Werner Goetze, Chris Howland, Jack Payne, Jack Jackson

Musical Program: Record Hop Tonight (Sung by Andy Martin, danced by mixed Chorus); Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis Trio); For Children of All Ages (Connie Francis dubbing for Freda Holloway); Glad All Over (Carl Perkins); Who Are We to Say ("Pete and Honey" - Paul Carr and Connie Francis dubbing for Freda Holloway); Teacher's Pet (Frankie Avalon); Siempre (Connie Francis dubbing for Freda Holloway); Cool Baby (Charlie Gracie); Sayonara (Jodie Sands); Toreador (Rob Coby); Your Last Chance (Louie Lymon and The Teenchords); If Not for You (Paul Carr); Unchain My Heart (Slim Whitman); A Broken Promise (The Four Coins); One O'Clock Jump (Count Basie and His Orchestra); I Don't Like You No More (Joe Williams with Count Basie and His Orchestra); Hula Love (Buddy Knox); Cross Over (Jimmmy Bowen); Wait and See (Fats Domino); Twenty-Four Hours a Day ("Pete and Honey" - Paul Carr and Connie Francis dubbing for Freda Holloway)