Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Johnny Johnston: Steve Hollis
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Quotes
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Steve Hollis : The public's going in for sounds, Georgie. They want to hear small groups, vocalists, novelty combos.
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Steve Hollis : You listen to me, the only thing that stayed up-to-date in this band of your's is your watch.
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Steve Hollis : Why don't you get wise to yourself, Georgie? Take a look at the figures on record sales and then look at the size of the crowds you've been drawing. Maybe I should book you into a schoolhouse during a fire drill. You might be able to clear 'em out fast.
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Steve Hollis : Do we leave in the morning?
Corny LaSalle : Ready at eight! Soon as I put on my traveling clothes and LuLu Bell here
[referring to to his bass]
Corny LaSalle : puts on her G-string.
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Steve Hollis : According to the map and it's been right the past three days, we should hit a little town called Strawberry Springs in time to stay over for the night. Its sort of a short cut.
Corny LaSalle : Oh. Sounds good enough to eat.
Steve Hollis : What does?
Corny LaSalle : Strawberry short cut.
Steve Hollis : Oh, Corny, go back to sleep, will ya.
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Steve Hollis : Say, Pop, where's everybody goin'?
Motel Operator : The youngins'? This is Saturday night, neighbor. Youngins' wouldn't miss their dance at the Meetin' Hall.
Steve Hollis : You mean they're all going to a dance?
Motel Operator : This is Saturday night.
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Corny LaSalle : It's probably a dance for squares.
Steve Hollis : Square dance?
Corny LaSalle : That's what I said. They've probably been doin' that kinda stuff up here for the last 100 years.
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Steve Hollis : Corny, how long has it been since you've seen a dancehall jump like that?
Corny LaSalle : About three years ago at Roseland - when that flea circus act got loose.
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Corny LaSalle : What is that outfit playin' up there?
Steve Hollis : I don't know. It isn't boogie. It isn't jive and it isn't swing. It's kinda all of 'em.
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Steve Hollis : Say, pardon me friend, could you tell me what the name of that band is?
Boy Dancer #1 : Later, man, later. I'm gone, now. I don't dig nothin'!
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Steve Hollis : Miss, pardon me, do you know the name of that orchestra that's playing?
Girl Dancer #2 : Crazy, man! Crazy!
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Bill Haley : Are you serious? You mean you've never heard of Bill Haley and the Comets?
Steve Hollis : Well, I - I been kinda sick. I don't get out much.
Bill Haley : Well, stick around alligator, Rock will cure anything you have.
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Steve Hollis : Say friend, you back in this world yet?
Boy Dancer #1 : Descending, Daddy-O. Comin' in on a cloud.
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Steve Hollis : Leave it to a woman to make all the trouble
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Steve Hollis : Business is business. Corny, I'm so sure about that Haley bunch and that girl. If I could just get them signed to a contract and promote them right, we got a sensation on our hands.
Corny LaSalle : You want to take it from old Cornball? With the face and the figure on that Lisa doll, huh, she's probably been promoted by experts!
Steve Hollis : Oh, I'm not talkin' about that kind of pro- Hey, maybe I am. Sure! Sure, a romance, Corny. That way I may be able to soften her up into makin' a deal.
Corny LaSalle : Hey, now, wait a minute. These farmers up here have shotguns.
Steve Hollis : Get off of it. She's no farmer's daughter. You heard her say so herself. Her father owns the motel.
Corny LaSalle : In that case, he probably has two shotguns!
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Steve Hollis : I was wondering how you'd look in a bathing suit.
Lisa Johns : I bet you were.
Steve Hollis : I must have my imagination overhauled. You even look better than what I had dreamed up.
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Lisa Johns : Smell the strawberries? They grow wild around here.
Steve Hollis : You come here often?
Lisa Johns : Often as I can.
Steve Hollis : That must be what makes them wild.
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Lisa Johns : Men's imaginations are always faster than they are.
Steve Hollis : Well, what do you mean by that?
Lisa Johns : You're leading up to the point when you think you can kiss me.
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Lisa Johns : I think I'm scared. There's a lot of world outside of Strawberry Springs.
Steve Hollis : Ah, don't worry, honey. Why, the public will dig you the most.
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Steve Hollis : Remember what Christopher Columbus once said: the world is no square.
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Corinne Talbot : Well, my pet, I hope you haven't forgotten your mambo.
Steve Hollis : No. It's a little bit like swimming. You throw a man in the water, he'll swim. He doesn't want to drown, you know.
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Steve Hollis : This Lisa's a doll, you know. Looks great. Young. Fresh. Sparkles! She can't miss.
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Steve Hollis : It takes a great dance team to demonstrate rock-n-roll. The young folks all over the country want to see how it's done, so they can do it too.
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Corny LaSalle : Are you going to admit that a dame like Corinne beat ya?
Steve Hollis : Well, look, I'm perfectly willing to keep trying, if you want it that way.
Corny LaSalle : Crazy, man!
Jimmy Johns : He's stayin'! Give me some skin! Yeah!
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Steve Hollis : How do you like that, even the radio is singin' the blues. They make a fortune singin' about trouble, we spend a fortune getting into it.
Corny LaSalle : In short, we spent our roll on rock-n-roll.
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Corinne Talbot : What's your big idea?
Steve Hollis : A rock-n-roll jamboree.
Corinne Talbot : Keep going!
Steve Hollis : Now, for weeks I've had other bands and vocal groups making up rock-n-roll arrangements. Now, as I see it, we take a bunch of these good acts, put them all together into one big show, and we'll give them a night of jive they've never seen before. Now, to get the movement going coast to coast, I think I can talk one of the big networks into televising us on a national hook-up.
Corinne Talbot : Son, you've hit the jackpot!