Calypso Heat Wave is a 1957 American drama musical film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders and Meg Myles.[1]
It was an attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat the success of Rock Around the Clock with calypso music.[2] It was originally known as Juke Box Jamboree.[3]
^Stanfield, Peter (2010) Crossover: Sam Katzman's Switchblade Calypso Bop Reefer Madness Swamp Girl or ‘Bad Jazz,’ Calypso, Beatniks, Hot Rods, and Rock ’n’ Roll in 1950s Teenpix’. Popular Music, 29 (3). pp. 437-456. ISSN 0261-1430
^Schallert, Edwin (Mar 5, 1957). "Johnny Desmond Aids 'Rock' Trend; Huston Project Lures Johnson". Los Angeles Times. p. A9.
CalypsoHeatWave is a 1957 American drama musical film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders and Meg Myles. It was an attempt...
Boat Song)". They performed the latter in the 1957 musical movie, CalypsoHeatWave, and sang "Choucoune" in this too. Arkin went on to sing with another...
She appeared in an off-Broadway review that inspired the 1957 film CalypsoHeatWave, in which Angelou sang and performed her own compositions. Angelou...
Be Free." and a duet with Johnny Desmond in the Sam Katzman movie CalypsoHeatWave. Between 1959 and 1962 ,she recorded several singles for the small...
Belafonte and the low-budget films Calypso Joe (Allied Artists), CalypsoHeatWave (Columbia Pictures), and Bop Girl Goes Calypso (United Artists). Robert Mitchum...
starred in four low-budget films that same year, The Dalton Girls, CalypsoHeatWave, The Night Runner and Escape from San Quentin. Also in 1957, Anders...
City Story (1955). She also had a featured role in the musical film CalypsoHeatWave. She had an uncredited role as the singer at the talent agency in...
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had appeared in an off-Broadway revue that inspired her first film, CalypsoHeatWave, in which Angelou sang and performed her own compositions, something...
Syndicate (1955) as Dolan The Desperados Are in Town (1956) as Tom Kesh CalypsoHeatWave (1957) as Second Thug Raintree County (1957) as Spectator (uncredited)...
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from Columbia Pictures cast Desmond in starring roles, the musical CalypsoHeatWave and the crime drama Escape from San Quentin, as did a 1958 adventure...
(uncredited) Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) - Ed Olsen (uncredited) CalypsoHeatWave (1957) - First Thug Baby Face Nelson (1957) - FBI Agent Duncan (uncredited)...
inspired her first film, CalypsoHeatWave, in which Angelou sang and performed her own compositions. Also in 1957, the album Miss Calypso was completed and...
Boom! (1956), Don't Knock the Rock (1957, again with Bill Haley), CalypsoHeatWave (1957) and Juke Box Rhythm (1959, scheduled for Bill Haley but ultimately...
from Texas, Cross My Heart Norman Alden – Hear Me Good Alan Arkin – CalypsoHeatWave Bruno Cremer – Send a Woman When the Devil Fails Alain Delon – Send...
scored two hits. The Tarriers appeared in a 1957 low-budget musical CalypsoHeatWave, in which they lip-synched to "The Banana Boat Song" and "Choucoune"...
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ISBN 978-0-375-50789-2 DeGout, p. 122 Gillespie et al, p. 41 Miller, John M. "CalypsoHeatWave". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 August 2018 Letkemann, Jessica...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes CalypsoHeatWave Fred F. Sears Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles Musical Columbia The Careless Years Arthur Hiller...
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