Abstract

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal includes scholarship on the work of visual artists, commentary on current issues in Caribbean studies and travelogues. Anthurium remains committed to bridging the digital divide by making peer reviewed, scholarly articles and creative writing available to teachers, students, scholars and persons interested in Caribbean literature and culture worldwide without fee based subscriptions. We would like to thank those of you who continue to support refereed, open access academic e-journals such as ours.

Highlights

  • In early July 1957, United Artists rushed into wide release its latest contribution to the burgeoning “teen-pic” genre

  • The film’s improbable plot revolves around a dour psychology grad student whose empirical data on mass hysteria show incontrovertibly that rock and roll is about to be supplanted by calypso—much to the dismay of his bald, bespectacled, rock-loving thesis advisor

  • Professor Winthrop, who ruefully understands that “you can’t argue with science,” contrives to save his skeptical friend from ruin by persuading the club’s main attraction, perky ingenue Jo Thomas (Judy Tyler, who would costar that same year with Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock), to study under his own star pupil behind her boss’s back

Read more

Summary

Introduction

In early July 1957, United Artists rushed into wide release its latest contribution to the burgeoning “teen-pic” genre.

Results
Conclusion
Full Text
Paper version not known

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.