Bop Girl Goes Calypso 1957

Another experiment of mine uploading full movies. In this case Ive uploaded the 1957 rock n roll quickie Bop Girl Goes Calypso in its entirety. Well at least as complete as it was when I taped it off of the tv back in 1994! Portions of this movie have been uploaded here on You Tube before but I think that this is the first time the whole movie has been uploaded. In it real-life songwriter Bobby Troupe plays a scientist with a special applause-o-meter. While conducting experiments he discovers that the level of applause for rock n roll has gone down! while calypso is on the rise! And as anyone whos collected the Time-Life 1950s Collections can assert this movie was 100 accurate and of course calypso supplanted rock n roll...and the Beatles were influenced by Harry Bellafonte and NOT Elvis Little Richard Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly!! :- In addition to the realism? of this slice of pop culture you can see the late Judy Tyler as the love interest and title character. Shes a rock n roll night club singer who Bobby Troupe has to convince that the rock n roll tide is about to be washed out and that she should well Go Calypso...before its too late. Of course many rock n roll fans unfamiliar with her work on childrens tv back in the 50s would recognize her as Elvis love interest in that same years Jailhouse Rock. Look for performances by do wop group The Titans where you can find complete versions of their So Hard To Laugh uploaded here on You Tube as well as the incredible acrobatic Goofers. Nino Tempo who would hit big in the early 60s with sister April Stevens gets to perform his Horn Rock in its entirety at the opening credits contrasting his earlier edited performance of the same number a year before in The Girl Cant Help It. Lounge performers The Mary Kaye Trio bring in more rocking numbers in a sort of Louis PrimaKeely SmithSam Butera sounding-kind of way and of course this movie about calypso wouldnt be complete without an actual calypso act. So also on hand is Lord Flea and his Calypsonians the only calypso act in this movie supposedly about calypso. Wheres Harry Belafonte?! Swing dancers youll also note the presence of those latter-day 50s lindy hoppers who frequented 50s rock n roll movies with admittedly 40s style swing dancing. Gil and Nikky Brady Joe Lanza and many other professional dancers do their thing even though they dont get as much screen time as they would in Dont Knock The Rock or Untamed Youth. Still all in all its a wonderful if absurd slice of American b-movie drive-in cinema circa 1957. Enjoy it while you can since this version will be replaced in a few weeks with...additions more on that on this channel later.,

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