Sixties City - Pop Music and Youth Culture Films

	What A Whopper! Gilbert Gunn Regal International Films Harold Berens, Adam Faith, Wilfrid Brambell, Clive Dunn, Sid James, Archie Duncan, Marie France, Charles Hawtrey, Terence Longdon, Spike Milligan, Lance Percival, Lloyd Reckord Molly Weir, Terry Scott, Ewan Roberts A British comedy film, with an all-star cast, in which a writer tries to fool people into believing in the Loch Ness Monster by building and photographing a fake in order to sell his book. You Tube			Babes In Toyland Jack Donohue Walt Disney Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin Ed Wynn, Kevin Corcoran The Kirk / Sands / Funicello team manage to drag themselves away from the beach to indulge in fantasy nonsense. A remake of the 1934 Laurel and Hardy classic, but hardly in the same category. You Tube clips
	Love In A Goldfish Bowl Jack Sher Paramount Pictures Tommy Sands, Fabian, Toby Michaels, Edward Andrews, John McGiver, Denny Miller Dee J. Thompson, Majel Barrett, Susan Silo, Jan Sterling, Elizabeth MacRae, Robert Patten Shirley O'Hara, Tom Quain, Tiger Beach culture movie set in Honolulu with surf music background. Two troubled college freshmen find themselves united by their mutual family woes in a beachhouse. Spot Majel Barrett from Star Trek! You Tube			The Right Approach David Butler TCF Frankie Vaughan, Martha Hyer, Juliet Prowse, Gary Crosby, David MacLean, Jesse White Jane Withers Frankie Vaughan's brief encounter with the Hollywood film world. Army pals return home to Pasadena, California, and convert a restaurant known as 'The Hut' into a five-man bachelor pad. One of them has a brother, Leo Mack, who will stop at nothing in his desire to succeed as an actor.
	Too Late Blues John Cassavetes Paramount Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis, Vince Edwards, Val Avery Marilyn Clark, James Joyce, Rupert Crosse, Mario Gallo, Alan Hopkins, Cliff Carnell Richard Chambers, Seymour Cassel, Dan Stafford Early Sixties jazz music as a musician who prefers to play for his own enjoyment gets involved with a neurotic girl and leaves his dreams behind in search of fame.			Hey, Let's Twist! Greg Garrison Paramount Pictures Joey Dee, The Starliters, Jo Ann Campbell, Teddy Randazzo, Joe Pesci, Kay Armen, The Peppermint Loungers, Zohra Lampert, Dino Di Luca, Hope Hampton, Richard Dickens, Dave Brigati, Allan Arbus, Joseph Rigano, Marc Alan Austen, Adriano Celentano Sally Kirkland, Dawn Nickerson Dick Cami and his Mob boss father-in-law Johnny Biello witness the mayhem that has broken out in their Times Square nightclub. The world has been shaken by a new dance craze - The Twist! You Tube
	Swingin' Along (Double Trouble) Charles Barton 20th Century Fox Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Barbara Eden, Ray Charles, Bobby Vee, Roger Williams Connie Gilchrist, Carol Christensen, Alan Carney, Mike Mazurki, Tommy Farrell Leonard Bremen, Sandra Warner, Terry Miele, Art Baker The film focuses on Noonan as a courier who dreams of becoming a songwriter and Marshall as a con artist who wants to enter Noonan’s original composition in a music competition. Featuring musical performances by Ray Charles, Bobby Vee and Roger Williams.			A Taste Of Honey Tony Richardson British Lion / Bryanston / Woodfall Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah Michael Bilton, Eunice Black, David Boliver, Margo Cunningham, A. Goodman, John Harrison Veronica Howard, Moira Kaye, Graham Roberts, Valerie Scarden Winner of 4 BAFTA film awards, a northern working-class comedy drama film examining the new Sixties sexual enlightenment with the story of a plain young girl who becomes pregnant by a black sailor, befriends a homosexual and gradually becomes a woman. You Tube
	Spare The Rod Leslie Norman British Lion / Bryanston / Weyland Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen, Donald Pleasence, Richard O'Sullivan, Betty McDowall Eleanor Summerfield, Mary Merrall From the novel by Michael Croft this claims to be the first British version of 'Blackboard Jungle' and is a drama documenting a new master's trials and tribulations in winning the confidence and respect of pupils in a tough East End school. It laid the groundwork for the later, more 'swinging Sixties' oriented film 'To Sir With Love'.			Gidget Goes Hawaiian Paul Wendkos Columbia Pictures Corporation James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Carl Reiner, Peggy Cass, Eddie Foy Jr. Jeff Donnell, Vicki Trickett, Joby Baker, Don Edmonds, Bart Patton, Jan Conaway Robin Lory, Arnold Merritt, Terry Huntingdon Beach culture movie, a sequel to the 1959 movie 'Gidget' which was considered to be the forerunner for the 'Beach' films. Francis (Walley) is less than happy when her parents want her to go to Hawaii as she'll be unable to hang out with her beloved Moondoggie (Darren).
	The Two Little Bears Randall Hood 20th Century Fox Eddie Albert, Jane Wyatt, Soupy Sales, Butch Patrick, Donnie Carter, Jimmy Boyd Nancy Kulp, Theodore Marcuse, Milton Parsons, James Maloney, Emory Parnell, Jack Finch Opal Euard, Jack Lester, Richard Alden, Charlene Brooks, Brenda Lee Comedy film notable only for Brenda Lee singing and the many Sixties American television personalities appearing. A school principal discovers his two boys are using a magic cream to change themselves into playful bears at night-time. Who thought this one up? Next please . .			The Wind Of Change Vernon Sewell Cresswell Donald Pleasence, Johnny Briggs, Ann Lynn, Hilda Fenemore, Edna Doré, Glyn Houston Norman Gunn, Bunny May, David Hemmings, Ted Bushell, David Gregory, Ken McGregor Angela Douglas, Topsy Jane, Alan Smith, Antonita Dias, Rosemary Frankau, Bertie Green Patricia Garwood. Set around the coffee bars and homes in West London's Notting Hill, this is one of the earliest British films to examine racism, showing working-class white youths finding an outlet for their frustrations in racial hatred in the period following the Notting Hill riots of 1958.
	Twist Around The Clock Oscar Rudolph Columbia / Sam Katzman Chubby Checker, Dion DiMucci, Vicki Spencer, Clay Cole, John Cronin, Mary Mitchell Maura McGiveney, Tol Avery, The Marcels: Cornelius Harp, Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker Ronald Mundy, Richard Knauss, Allen Johnson Another 'Twist' musical. In this one, a manager down on his luck discovers a small-town dance and promotes it nationwide. Very similar plot to 'Rock Around The Clock'. You Tube			Mix Me A Person Leslie Norman British Lion Film Corporation Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith, David Kernan, Frank Jarvis, Peter Kriss Carole Ann Ford, Anthony Booth, Topsy Jane, Jack MacGowran, Terence Walter A young London criminal is faced with hanging for murdering a policeman. With even his defence counsel convinced of his guilt, a female psychiatrist throws herself into proving that the investigating police and legal system have made a mistake. You Tube
	Twist All Night Allan David, William J. Hole Jr. (The Continental Twist, The Young and The Cool) Keelou Corporation / AIP Louis Prima, June Wilkinson, Sam Butera and the Witnesses, Gertrude Michael David Whorf, Hal Torey, Ty Perry, Fred Sherman, Dick Winslow, Gil Frye, Jim Lounsbury Tom Mathews and The All-Stars, Joe Cavalier, Parisian Twisters, Manhattan Twisters Bobby Morris, John Nagy, Allen Seltzer, Lou Sino, Morgan Thomas Twist dance craze film in which the owner has to overcome some shady practice by thugs to keep his establishment open. You Tube			Come September Robert Mulligan Universal International / 7 Pictures Corporation / Raoul Walsh Ent. Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Walter Slezak, Brenda de Banzie Rossana Rory, Ronald Howard, Joel Grey, Chris Seitz, Ronnie Haran, Cindy Conroy Joan Freeman, Nancy Anderson, Michael Eden Romantic comedy - Bobby Darin won a Golden Globe for this, his first film, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee. Darin sings Multiplication and also composed the film theme.
	The Hellions Ken Annakin Irving Allen Productions / Jamie Uys Film Productions Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Jamie Uys, Marty Wilde, Lionel Jeffries, James Booth Al Mulock, Colin Blakely, Ronald Fraser, Zena Walker, George Moore, Bill Brewer Jan Bruyns, Lorna Cowell, Ricky Arden A British adventure film, set and filmed in South Africa, in which a police sergeant battles 'The Hellions', local criminals consisting of a man and his four sons. Tthe townspeople do not want to get involved and will not help to save him and his wife.			Look In Any Window William Alland Scott R. Dunlap Productions (as New Features) Paul Anka, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Gigi Perreau, Carole Mathews, George Dolenz Jack Cassidy, Robert Sampson, Dan Grayam, Jacqueline Kluger, Norman Winston Ray Reese, Jim Jacobs A strange 'social' film in which a teenager is brought up by uncaring, argumentative parents. He is exploring a relationship himself but develops a habit of spying on his neighbors in a modern suburban area while wearing a weird mask. You Tube clips and theme song
	The Young Ones (It's Wonderful To Be Young) Sidney J.Furie Associated British Pictures Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Robert Morley, Carole Grey, Teddy Green, Melvyn Hayes Richard O'Sullivan, Gerald Harper , Annette Robertson Robertson Hare, Sonya Cordeau Sean Sullivan, Harold Scott. Youth culture pop musical. A young rich kid is involved in helping his working class friends save their youth club which his father is planning to demolish and develop. A show is staged to raise the cash and poor old Dad is kidnapped to keep him from stopping it taking place. You Tube clip			The Teenage Millionaire Lawrence Doheny United Artists Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, Zasu Pitts, Diane Jergens, Joan Tabor, Sid Gould Maurice Gosfield, Eileen O'Neill, Bill Black's Combo, Jackie Wilson, Chubby Checker Dion DiMucci, Marv Johnson, Vicki Spencer, Jack Larson, Bess Flowers, Bert Stevens A teenager, whose millionaire father is a radio station owner, secretly records a song and plays it on one of the stations. It becomes a hit. He falls in love with a radio station girl who doesn't know his real identity.
	Stranger In The City Robert Hartford-Davis Caesar Films / Hartford-Davis Short (23 minute) documentary film on the Soho scene and its coffee bars and striptease clubs, with additional music by Steve Race. Paul Raven, managed by Davis, appears briefly in his early days as a singer. Robert Hartford-Davis also directed the pop films 'Saturday Night Out' and 'Gonks Go Beat'.