Music Films
AKA Doc Pomus
DIRECTED BY PETER MILLER AND WILL HECHTER
CANADA, 2012, 99 MIN
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"This Magic Moment"
"Teenager in Love"
"Viva Las Vegas"
"Little Sister"
"Young Blood"
"Can't Get Used to Losing You"
You know his songs, now hear the story. Jerome Felder (aka Doc Pomus) was the most unlikely of rock and roll icons. Paralyzed with polio as a child, the Jewish, Brooklyn-born Felder reinvented himself first as blues shouter, then as one of the most prolific songwriters of the early rock and roll era. Although confined to crutches and later a wheelchair, Pomus refused to be conquered by self-pity. When he married his striking blond wife and she danced with everyone at the wedding except the crippled Pomus, he dug deep and wrote "Save the Last Dance for Me." Later in life, when the hits dried up, he selflessly mentored young songwriters and served as a fierce advocate for downtrodden R&B musicians like Little Jimmy Scott, whose career was revived by Doc from beyond the grave. Co-directors Miller and Hechter have crafted a deft tribute that seemingly involves half the music industry—including Lou Reed reading Doc's personal journals—to spotlight an extraordinary career that is as influential as it is inspiring.

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