Cha-Cha-Cha Boom (1956)
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The ineluctable Sam Katzman pounced upon the "cha-cha" craze with the musical quickie Cha-Cha-Cha-Boom! Recording stars Perez Prado, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz, Manny Lopez and the Mary Kaye Trio play themselves in this hurriedly assembled melange. The wafer-thin plot concerns the efforts of talent scout Bill Haven (Steve Dunne) to scare up some genuine Latino talent for his own recording company. To make a long story short, he coerces bandleader Perez Prado out of his native Cuba, whereupon Prado rallies his cha-cha'ing cohorts to assemble en masse in Haven's studio. The film is stolen by lissome dancer Sylvia Lewis, who later appeared on such TVers as The Dick Van Dyke Show. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dámaso Pérez Prado
- Director(s):
- Fred Sears
Synopsis of Cha-Cha-Cha Boom
The ineluctable Sam Katzman pounced upon the "cha-cha" craze with the musical quickie Cha-Cha-Cha-Boom! Recording stars Perez Prado, Helen Grayco, Luis Arcaraz, Manny Lopez and the Mary Kaye Trio play themselves in this hurriedly assembled melange. The wafer-thin plot concerns the efforts of talent scout Bill Haven (Steve Dunne) to scare up some genuine Latino talent for his own recording company. To make a long story short, he coerces bandleader Perez Prado out of his native Cuba, whereupon Prado rallies his cha-cha'ing cohorts to assemble en masse in Haven's studio. The film is stolen by lissome dancer Sylvia Lewis, who later appeared on such TVers as The Dick Van Dyke Show. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Cha-Cha-Cha Boom
- Dámaso Pérez Prado - Himself
- Manuel Lopez - Himself
- Sylvia Lewis - Nita Munay
- Howard Wright - Teasdale
- Alice Talton - Debbie Farmer
- Luis Arcaraz - Himself
- Jose Gonzales-Gonzales - Pablo
- Charles Evans - George Evans
- Stephen Dunne - Bill Haven
- Director(s):
- Fred Sears
- Writer(s):
- Ben Kline, James B. Gordon
- Producer(s):
- Sam Katzman
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