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    • May 28, 1957
    Andy Griffith plays a hobo as the movie "A Face In The Crowd" debuts in theaters. Big Jeff Bess, a future co-owner of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, portrays a sheriff in the picture, which also features Walter Matthau, Burl Ives and comedian Rod Brasfield, who goads Griffith into singing "Rye Whiskey"
    Jun 7, 1957
    "Trooper Hook" opens, starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck, with Sheb Wooley in a minor role. Tex Ritter sings the title track
    Jun 9, 1957
    "Calypso Joe" debuts in American theaters, with a cast that includes Herb Jeffries, Angie Dickinson and songwriter Terry Gilkyson, who wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1950 hit "The Call Of The Wild Goose"
    Jul 30, 1957
    Paramount releases Elvis Presley's second movie, "Loving You"
    Sep 24, 1957
    "Polka Time" ends a 14-month prime-time run on ABC-TV. The show's regulars include bass player Jack Taylor and banjo player Chick Hurt, former members of The Prairie Ramblers who now perform in Stan Wolowic's Polka Chips
    Sep 24, 1957
    The Alan Freed biopic "Mister Rock & Roll" premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York City. Listed as a co-writer of the future Forester Sisters hit "Sincerely," Freed appears on-screen, as do Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter and Frankie Lymon
    Nov 1, 1957
    Faron Young and Marty Robbins have supporting roles with the debut of the western movie "Raiders Of Old California"
    Nov 8, 1957
    Elvis Presley plays a convict, as the movie "Jailhouse Rock" is released
    Nov 12, 1957
    Jerry Lee Lewis makes his film debut, singing "Great Balls Of Fire," as "Jamboree" opens. Also in the picture: Fats Domino, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Buddy Knox, Connie Francis, Jimmy Bowen, The Four Coins and Frankie Avalon
    Dec 13, 1957
    "Peyton Place" appears in American theaters. The motion picture will be referenced in Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 country hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." and in The Statler Brothers' 1977 hit "The Movies"



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