Review of Rock Around the Clock

When one sees Bill Haley and the Comets, we see a bunch of white guys, their leader with a spit curl on his forehead. The are portrayed as a band that has developed an incredible following. When a music producer tries to feature them, a bad guy moves in and tries to diminish their success. What this film is really all about, however, is to showcase Haley and the boys and allow us to see some other groups of the time. The Platters, who were an early group that crossed into the hot market of the fifties, are featured. Of course, even though this group plays in the film, the fact that black musicians had been doing rock for decades. Still, it's history and well worth a gander.