© Kenny Morse/Courtesy Barry Pearl

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Adapting the Play Grease to Film

Foreword by John Travolta

Preproduction

Getting the Job

The Cast

The Rehearsals

The Shooting Script

“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”

“Grease”

First Day of Shooting: Arrival at Rydell High

“Summer Nights”

The Pep Rally

“Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee”

“Hopelessly Devoted to You”

“Greased Lightnin’”

The Frosty Palace (By Day)

The Frosty Palace (By Night)

“Beauty School Dropout”

The Dance Contest

“Sandy”

“There Are Worse Things I Could Do”

Thunder Road

The Last Day of School: Leaving Rydell High

“You’re the One That I Want”

“We Go Together”

The Release

The Preview

The Premieres

The Summer of ’78

The Legacy

A Community

The Sing-Alongs

Grease as a Springboard

The Fortieth Anniversary

We Owe It All to Them

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher