Jailhouse Rock

Matt Roush says...

Elvis Presley‘s 1957 breakthrough movie, which was added to the National Film Registry in 2004, is a centerpiece of the first week of TCM‘s July “Star of the Month” salute to movies featuring “Singers as Stars.” Presley’s role of an ex-con rebel who becomes a rock-n-roll sensation captures the superstar’s early swagger more effectively than any other movie. The night’s lineup also features Billie Holiday‘s only feature-film appearance in 1947’s New Orleans (8/7c) opposite Louis Armstrong, Harry Belafonte in 1959’s post-apocalyptic The World, the Flesh and the Devil (11:45/10:45c), and Frank Sinatra in the 1960 Rat Pack classic Ocean’s Eleven (1:30 am/12:30c).

What's Worth Watching (Jul 6)