Jailhouse Rock (film)

Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Elvis Presley and Judy Tyler.

The film is based on a story by Nedrick Young. It was the third film of Presley (his first for MGM) and a great success in the cinemas. In the United States alone, $ 4 million was converted. The co-star of Presley, Judy Tyler came shortly after the release of the film to life in a car accident.

In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The former criminal Vince Everett gets involved in a fight in a bar. During the fight he kills someone and is convicted of manslaughter. In prison he meets Hunk Houghton Hunk, who makes country music, learn to play guitar Vince. They close a contract to later to act together and to share the profits. After he is released, Vince finds work in a nightclub. Although he is not working as a singer, he is discovered by Peggy Van Alden, a woman who looks for talents. He flirts with her and she gives him the chance to record a song. The song is released on a small record label . However, they are deceived by the society and start their own label. Vince soon becomes famous. The success, however, has a downside. Vince is insufferable and is only interested in fame and money. As Hunk Houghton him to account, it comes to a confrontation between the two old celmaten. During the fight hits the throat of Vince damaged and comes his career in danger. Slow restores Vince and he sees in that he was bad. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == Promote Elvis Presley Jailhouse RockJailhouse Rock was in giving a controversial film. In the 1950s, the cinema audience not accustomed to a criminal as a hero. Also the use of swear words like ' hell ' were out of the question, as well as the fact that the clearly not married hoodpersonages in the same bed layers. The homegrown by Hollywood production code (Hays Code) forbade that emphatically. Also there was displeasure over the seemingly homoerotic look of the title track. The critics were initially too little praised the role of Presley. One found it but nothing he bars visited, fights a man contracted and finally death late. Nowadays the film seen as a classic, a milestone in the music film. In particular the opening sequence in which Presley sings and dances the title track, is seen as the forerunner of the modern rock videos. Presley would never play an anti-hero after Jailhouse Rock. His portrayal of Vince Everett, however, as his best dramatic role. ==Pre-production<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Initially, the working title of The movie "The Hard Way", this was changed to "Jailhouse Kid" and finally in "Jailhouse Rock". Also the names of the characters changed during pre-production. Vince Everett was initially Vince Matthews, Vince Jackwood Delwyn young, Vince, Vince, Vince Edwards and Vince Ledway Edmunds. Cellmate Hunk Houghton was called initially Hunk Houston. The reason for all those changes were often not artistic, but legally. The Legal Department of MGM checked each name of a character, a company, city names and phone numbers from the script to prevent later lawsuits would come. The Legal Department did have approved that there were shown images of the prison ofRaleigh, North Carolina, but Director Richard Thorpe didn't want the name of the prison came into the scene. Before the recordings started in the Radio Music Presley worked on the Recorders studio in Hollywood between 30 april and 3 May 1957. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 6 May 1957 Elvis came to the MGM studio for fitting costumes and makeup. He also made note of choreographer Alex Romero. Filming began with the opening sequence of the title track. Romero had some passes and choreography for Elvis worked out. During the rehearsal showed that Presley no matter the feet came with the Fred Astaire way of dancing. Romero then asked him to only songs to sing and to show his normal act.The choreographer then went home and worked out a new choreography with Presley's own movements. When Elvis took up the new choreography, he was watched by Gene Kelly and got from the last a spontaneous applause. Before the recordings were could, took out the reality in fiction. During the filming of the opening scene slipped Elvis along one of Poles down. At that time, hit one of his crowns and came into his right lung. He was taken to hospital for emergency surgery. Luckily he could already after a few days home. One had much worried about his voice, as with Vince Everett in the movie. The recordings were prosecuted on 13 May 1957 to 17 June. Two weeks after the recording got Actress Judy Tyler, the co-star of Presly, along with her husband, a deadly accident involving her car. Presley was heavily affected by the news. He never the finished version of "Jailhouse Rock" want to see, because of Tylers presence in the film. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Presley worked to the film music in Radio Recorder in Hollywood between 30 april and 3 May 1957, while on 9 may in the MGM studio, additional recordings took place for the song "Don't Leave Me Now". Four of the songs for the film ('Jailhouse Rock', ' I Want to Be Free ', ' Treat Me Nice ', and ' (you're So Square) Baby I Don't Care "were written by the duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. They wrote the songs in five hours after they were trapped by their music publisher in a hotel room. The following musicians were involved in the recordings:
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 4 pre-production
 * 5 Production
 * 6 Music

<p lang="en" len="34" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following numbers are told:
 * Elvis Presley-vocals, guitar, bass
 * Scotty Moore-electric guitar
 * Dudley Brooks-piano
 * Mike Stoller-piano
 * Bill Black-bass
 * D.J. Fontana – drums
 * The Jordanaires-backing vocals


 * "One More Day" (Sid Tepper/Roy c. Bennett) sung by Mickey Shaughnessy
 * "Young And Beautiful" (Abner Silver/Aaron Schröder) sung by Elvis Presley
 * "I Want To Be Free" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) sung by Elvis Presley
 * "Don't Leave Me Now" (Aaron Schroeder/Ben Weisman) sung by Elvis Presley
 * "Treat Me Nice" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) sung by Elvis Presley
 * "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) sung by Elvis Presley
 * "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) sung by Elvis Presley