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Twist remake of "Rock Around The Clock"--Chubby and Dion are fine, rest of film is weak

Another Pious Establishment Attempt At Condemning Rock n' Roll

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It must be something important, you wanted a meeting so early.

At least it didn't keep you awake all last night. Once the gimmick came to me, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's a promotion stunt. One that could rack up the biggest coast-to-coast dance audience in the history of show business.

Look it's early in the morning. Outside of coffee, nothing's going to keep me from yawning except money. You haven't mentioned that yet.

We gain, the record companies gain, and the networks gain. And we could probably get a cut of the profits all around.

Well, he sounds better than coffee to me.

OK, Mitch. Drop the bomb and let's see if we get fifty megatons.

A jazz jamboree featuring the Twist.We put in all the Marshall Agency acts, plug their new records, boost their record sales, give the acts a showcase. And make Tina Louden, Clay Cole and the boys and the Twist national institutions. All on a cost-to-coast hook up with multiple sponsorship by advertisers

Lizanne Truex and George Bornyek in Twist Around the Clock (1961)

Dion DiMucci in Twist Around the Clock (1961)

Dion DiMucci and Vicki Spencer in Twist Around the Clock (1961)

Chubby Checker

Dion DiMucci

Vicki Spencer

Robert E. Kent

The plot is virtually identical to the plot of the earlier film &quot;Rock Around the Clock&quot;: A struggling manager visits a hayseed town, discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a overnight nationwide sensation. Features...

Oscar Rudolph

Twist Around the Clock

Other than Chubby and Dion, forget it!

If I had never seen &quot;Rock Around the Clock&quot;, this movie might be a little easier to take. You see, the producers didn&apos;t even bother to write a script; they just copied the one used for &quot;Rock Around the Clock&quot; some years earlier. If that wasn&apos;t bad enough, &quot;Twist&quot; pales in every comparison to the original. Horrible acting and mediocre songs are all over this film. It&apos;s only two bright spots are the appearances of Chubby Checker and Dion. And who ever told Clay Cole he could sing? Forget this one.

If I had never seen "Rock Around the Clock", this movie might be a little easier to take. You see, the producers didn't even bother to write a script; they just copied the one used for "Rock Around the Clock" some years earlier. If that wasn't bad enough, "Twist" pales in every comparison to the original. Horrible acting and mediocre songs are all over this film. It's only two bright spots are the appearances of Chubby Checker and Dion. And who ever told Clay Cole he could sing? Forget this one.

The plot is virtually identical to the plot of the earlier film "Rock Around the Clock": A struggling manager visits a hayseed town, discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a overnight nationwide sensation. Features performances by Chubby Checker and Dion.

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