It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
Senior Prom (1958) – Musical #822

Studio:
Columbia Pictures

Director:
David Lowell Rich

Starring:
Jill Corey, Paul Hampton, James Komack, Barbara Bostock, Tom Laughlin, Frieda Inescort, Peggy Moffitt, Selene Walters, Francis De Sales
Themselves: Ed Sullivan, Mitch Miller, Bob Crosby, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera, The Witnesses, Connee Boswell, Toni Arden, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra, José Melis, Les Elgart

Plot:
A band, featuring Tom Harper (Hampton) on vocals and Dog (Komack) on the bass fiddle, are hired to perform at a college fraternity party. Carter Breed II (Laughlin) automatically dislikes Tom and the band when his girlfriend Gay Sherridan (Corey) automatically is smitten with Tom. As Tom and Gay begin a romance, Carter tries to sabotage the romance and Tom’s music career. However, Tom’s music becomes a hit and he appears on the Ed Sullivan Show. His new fame allows him to invite celebrity performers to the college’s senior prom.

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