Editing Jailhouse Rock (film) (section)

==Production==
[[File:Tri-City Drive-In Ad - 13 November 1957, Loma Linda, CA.jpg|170px|thumb|[[Drive-in theater|Drive-in]] advertisement from 1957.]]
''Jailhouse Rock'' was Presley's third film and his first for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] studios,{{sfn|Victor|2008|p=269}} filmed in [[Culver City, California]].{{sfn|Cotten|1985|p=129}} The film was originally titled ''The Hard Way'' and was changed to ''Jailhouse Kid'' before MGM finally settled on ''Jailhouse Rock''.{{sfn|Victor|2008|p=269}} The film was not listed with the studio's planned releases for the year because it was based on a story by [[Nedrick Young]], a [[House Un-American Activities Committee|blacklisted]] writer.{{sfn|Dundy|2004|p=286}}{{sfn|Giglio|2010|p=109}} During production, producer Pandro Berman was more focused on another of his productions, the 1958 film ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]].'' He allowed studio head [[Benny Thau]] and [[William Morris Endeavor|William Morris Agency]] president [[Abe Lastfogel]] to select the cast.{{sfn|Dundy|2004|p=286}} [[Richard Thorpe]], who had a reputation for quickly finishing projects, was chosen to direct the film.{{sfn|Eagan|2010|p=536}}{{sfn|Relyea|2008|p=72}}

The first scene filmed was the title dance sequence to the song "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]".{{sfn|Victor|2008|p=269}} Presley was not initially pleased with the direction of choreographer [[Alex Romero (choreographer)|Alex Romero]], so Romero asked Presley to try his own moves to for the final sequence.{{sfn|Humphries|2003|p=52}} The scene has often been cited as Presley's greatest musical moment on screen.{{sfn|Brown|Broeske|1997|p=124}}{{sfn|Poore|1998|p=20}} {{sfn|Victor|2008|p=269}} Filming began on May 13, 1957, with the newly created choreography.{{sfn|Guralnick|1994|pp=409–10}}

Presley's characteristic hairstyle and sideburns were covered with a wig and makeup for the musical and jail scenes.{{sfn|Slaughter|2005|p=46}} During the performance, one of Presley's dental caps detached and became lodged in his lung, and he spent a night in the hospital{{sfn|Victor|2008|p=269}}{{sfn|Guralnick|1994|pp=409–10}}{{sfn|Slaughter|2005|p=46}} before filming resumed the next day.{{sfn|Relyea|2008|p=71}}

Thorpe, who usually filmed scenes in a single take, finished the film by June 17, 1957.{{sfn|Relyea|2008|p=72}}{{sfn|Guralnick|1994|p=413}}{{sfn|Guralnick|Jorgensen|1999|p=106}}

===Soundtrack===
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Before production began, rock-and-roll songwriting partners [[Jerry Leiber]] and [[Mike Stoller]] were commissioned to create the film's soundtrack, but they did not send any material to MGM for months. In April 1957, the studio summoned the writers to New York and [[Jean Aberbach]], director of the [[Hill & Range]] music publishing company, confronted them demanding to see the songs. When told that there was no material, Aberbach locked the songwriters in their hotel room and would not allow them to leave until they had written songs. Four hours later, Leiber and Stoller had written "[[I Want to Be Free (Elvis Presley song)|I Want to Be Free]]", "[[Treat Me Nice]]", "[[(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care]]", and "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]".{{sfn|Collins|2005|pp=84–7}}

Presley recorded the finished songs at [[Radio Recorders]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] on April 30 and May 3, 1957, with an additional session at the MGM soundstage in Hollywood on May 9 for "[[Don't Leave Me Now (Elvis Presley song)|Don't Leave Me Now]]".{{sfn|Jorgensen|1998|pp=89–90}} Leiber and Stoller were invited to the recording session of April 30, where they met Presley, who convinced MGM to cast Stoller as the band's pianist in the film.{{sfn|Collins|2005|p=88}} During filming, Presley [[Lip sync|mimed]] the words for film's musical numbers, and the music was later added to the finished scenes.{{sfn|Millard|2005|p=239}} 
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The following songs in the film were performed by Presley unless otherwise noted:{{sfn|Jorgensen|1998|pp=90–2}}

* "One More Day" <small>(Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett)</small> – performed by Mickey Shaughnessy
* "[[Young and Beautiful (Elvis Presley song)|Young and Beautiful]]" <small>(Abner Silver, Aaron Schroeder)</small>
* "I Want to Be Free" <small>(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)</small>
*"[[Don't Leave Me Now (Elvis Presley song)|Don't Leave Me Now]]" <small>(Aaron Schroeder, [[Ben Weisman]])</small>
* "[[Treat Me Nice]]" <small>(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)</small>
* "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]" <small>(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)</small> – dance routine choreographed by Elvis Presley
* "[[(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care]]" <small>(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)</small> - Presley also played electric bass