Saturday, July 28, 2018

Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957), 5- b/w, fs

To prove his theory that rock and roll is on its way out, a sociologist tries to convince a "bop" singer to switch to calypso, much to the ire of her Hollywood nightclub manager.
1h 20min | Musical | July 1957 | b/w, fs
Director: Howard W. Koch
Stars: Judy Tyler, Bobby Troup, Margo Woode, George O'Hanlon.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050205/
Watched online, mediocre print.

Actual familiar faces: Bobby Troup as a scientist, GO as a club owner (he's familiar from the Joe McDoakes comedy shorts).

Soundtracks has only 1 song, but Cast/Crew has others listed with their "composers".

This is actually the 3rd music/al this year with Calypso in the title; fortunately, I couldn't find the others online.

Multiple rock acts, and horrible music. One number, Calypso Boogie, had sections where those 2 words were sung as a complete sentence at least 10 times in a row. If that song had been nearer the end of the film, would have rated this 4.

Bel-Air Prod. & Clark Prod., distr. UA, dir. Koch; 5-