Calypso Heat Wave (1957)

In this musical, calypso is all the rage when jukebox magnate Barney Pearl forces Mack Adams, owner of calypsofriendly Disco Records, to take him on as a partner. Pearls greed drives away Discos top singer, Johnny Conroy. Pearl loses his money, and then his girlfriend, when promoter Alex Nash makes her a star. Mack quits Disco and tracks down Johnny in the Caribbean, where they record authentic calypso and plan a comeback. Director: Fred F. Sears. Writers: David Chandler (screenplay), Orville H. Hampton (story). Stars: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles, Paul Langton, Paul Langton, Michael Granger, George E. Stone, The Treniers, The Tarriers, The HiLos, Maya Angelou, Dick Whittinghill, Darla Hood, Pierce Lyden, Gil Perkins, William Challee, King Charles MacNiles, Alan Arkin (uncredited). Cinematographer: Benjamin H. Kline. Composer: Arthur Morton (uncredited).