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Live It Up! (film)
''Live It Up!'' (U.S. title: ''Sing and Swing'') is a 1963 British musical second feature ('B') film directed by Lance Comfort and starring David Hemmings, featuring Gene Vincent, Jenny Moss, the Outlaws, Patsy Ann Noble, the Saints, Heinz Burt and Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. The film also featured Steve Marriott (later singer and guitarist with Small Faces and Humble Pie), and Mitch Mitchell, later the drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was written by Lyn Fairhurst and filmed at Pinewood Studios. Two years later, Hemmings and Comfort followed up with the sequel '' Be My Guest,'' also directed by Comfort. Plot summary Dave Martin and his friends Phil, Ron and Ricky are Post Office messenger boys who have formed their own four piece rock 'n' roll beat group, the Smart Alecs. They pool their resources to make a tape recording of their original song "Live It Up". Dave is given a month by his unsympathetic father Herbert to get it published or give up his musical dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Comfort
Lance Comfort (11 August 1908 – 25 August 1966) was an English film director. He was a prolific maker of B movies from 1945 to 1965. Early life Lance Comfort was born in Harrow, London on 11 August 1908. Career In a career spanning over 25 years, he became one of the most prolific film directors in Britain, though he never gained critical attention and remained on the fringes of the film industry, creating mostly B movies. Comfort carried on working almost right up to his death in Worthing, Sussex, on 25 August 1966. Critical assessment The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praise Comfort's gifts "in the confident exercise of melodramatic impulses in the interests of illuminating character and relationship, in a decorative visual style to serve these impulses, and in giving their heads to string of dominant actors". They add that all of his films "are persuasive narratives, marked by absence of sentimentality and the whiff of human reality".Steve Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Faces
Small Faces were an English Rock music, rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966. The band were one of the most acclaimed and influential Mod (subculture), mod groups of the 1960s, recording Chart-topper, hit songs such as "Itchycoo Park", "Lazy Sunday (Small Faces song), Lazy Sunday", "All or Nothing (Small Faces song), All or Nothing" and "Tin Soldier (song), Tin Soldier", as well as their concept album ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake''. They evolved into one of the UK's most successful psychedelic music, psychedelic bands until 1969. When Marriott left to form Humble Pie, the remaining three members collaborated with Ronnie Wood, Wood's older brother Art Wood, Rod Stewart and Kim Gardner, briefly continuing under the name Quiet Melon, and then, with the departure of Art Wood and Gardner, as the Faces (band), Faces. In Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Spain
Nancy Brooker Spain (13 September 1917 – 21 March 1964) was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist for the ''Daily Express'', ''She'' magazine, and the ''News of the World'' in the 1950s and 1960s. She also appeared on many radio broadcasts, particularly on '' Woman's Hour'' and '' My Word!'', and later as a panelist on the television programmes ''What's My Line?'' and '' Juke Box Jury''. Spain died in a plane crash near Aintree racecourse while travelling to the 1964 Grand National. Early life Spain was born in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger of the two daughters of Lieutenant-Colonel George Redesdale Brooker Spain,Collis, Rose"Spain, Nancy Brooker (1917–1964), journalist and broadcaster" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2011 a freeman of the city and prominent figure in local military and antiquarian affairs. Her father was a writer himself and appeared in a number of radio plays as well as broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hansard
Paul Hansard (12 January 1922 – 28 January 2013) was a German-born British actor on both television and film. He was also a puppeteer. On several of his television appearances on both ''The Buccaneers'' and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', he is shown as a musician, playing the guitar and singing. In 1965, ''Das Lied im Grünen: German Folksongs'' was released, featuring him singing traditional German music accompanied by the guitarist Jan Rosol. Select film appearances * '' Portrait from Life'' (1949) - Fritz (uncredited) * '' The Huggetts Abroad'' (1949) - Assistant Commandant (uncredited) * '' La Rosa di Bagdad'' (1949) - Zirko, Minister of BeautifulThings (English version, voice) * ''Murder in the Cathedral'' (1951) - Peasant * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) - German Prisoner * '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) - German Telephone Operator (uncredited) * '' Live It Up!'' (1963) - Film Director * '' Thunderball'' (1965) - Displaced Persons Agency Clerk (uncredited) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bauer (actor)
David Bauer (born Herman Bernard Waldman,Ragan, David (1992) Who's Who in Hollywood : The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. Volume 1: A–L' New York : Facts on File. p. 102. . "Bauer, David (d. 1973, age 55) American-born supporting actor who, after a busy Hollywood career as David Wolfe (1949-1952) adopted the name David Bauer and, as Bauer, acted on TV ''(The Saint)'' and in movies: ''Dark of the Sun, The Double Man, Embassy'' (as Kadish), ''Inspector Clousseau, Patton'' (Lt. Gen. Harry Bufford), ''Torture Garden, Tropic of Cancer,'' others (see David Wolfe)." See also: *Barrett, Helen (1948)"Film and Theatre Gossip" ''The News Journal''. p. 23. *Bulletin of Washington University'. Volume 37, Issue 7. March 2, 1939. p. 97. Retrieved November 16, 2023. March 6, 1917"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7SF-6R6 : Wed Nov 15 09:54:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Herm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Glaze
William George Peter Glaze (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an English comedian born in London. He appeared in '' Crackerjack'' with Eamonn Andrews and Leslie Crowther in the 1960s, and with Michael Aspel, Don Maclean and Bernie Clifton in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an alliterative reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression " D'oh!", originated by James Finlayson in Laurel and Hardy films, long before it became associated with cartoon character Homer Simpson. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game '' Twenty Questions'', along with Joy Adamson, Anona Winn and Norman Hackforth. Glaze was the son of an actor-manager and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Hurst
Veronica Patricia Hurst (born Patricia Wilmshurst; 11 November 1931 – 15 November 2022) was a British film, stage and television actress. Hurst was born in Malta and brought up in Tooting, London. She settled in Wimbledon before entering Denville Hall, the residential home for professional actors over the age of 70. Early career Hurst was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship to RADA and made her film debut as Joan Webb in ''Laughter in Paradise'' (1951) with director Mario Zampi describing her as "one of the greatest potential screen stars I have ever seen". The film featured Alastair Sim, Fay Compton and Guy Middleton. She was then contracted to the Associated British Picture Corporation for seven years. In 1952, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Battle of Britain film ''Angels One Five'', directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring alongside Jack Hawkins and John Gregson. In one of her most popular roles, as Kitty Murray in '' The Maze'' (1953), she was on loan t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Devereaux
Edward Sidney Devereaux (27 August 192517 December 2003), better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director, and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He was best known for playing the part of Matt Hammond the head ranger in the Australian television series ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo''. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes, Devereaux writing the script and directing the episode ''The Veteran'' (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of the episode "Double Trouble" on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of "Summer Storm" and the script for "The Mine". He also played the part of Joe in the Australian 1966 film ''They’re a Weird Mob''. The film was a local success. Biography Devereaux had been a boy soprano, teenage soldier in the New Guinea campaign during the Second World War, cabbie, storeman and truck driver before moving to the UK in 1950. Devereaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Newell
Joan Newell (1915–2012) was a British actress primarily known for her television roles, but who also appeared in films and on stage. She co-starred with John Slater in the 1953 series '' Johnny, You're Wanted''.Baskin p.11 Amongst her most prominent later roles was that of Meg Owen in the series '' The Doctors'' and its spinoff '' Owen, M.D.''. Selected filmography Film * ''It's Hard to Be Good'' (1948) * '' To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) * '' The Last Man to Hang'' (1956) * '' The Devil's Pass'' (1957) * '' Jigsaw'' (1962) * '' Stolen Hours'' (1963) * '' Live It Up!'' (1963) * '' Keep It Up Downstairs'' (1976) Television * '' Johnny, You're Wanted'' (1953) * ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1956–65) * '' Emergency-Ward 10'' (1959–66) * '' The Citadel'' (1960–61) * '' The Escape of R.D.7'' (1961) * ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' (1962) * '' Harpers West One'' (1963) * '' Steptoe and Son'' (1963–65) * ''No Hiding Place'' (1964) * ''The Sullavan Brothers'' (1964) * ''Danger Man'' (1965) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music Music genre, genre that developed around Liverpool in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British rock and roll, British and Music of the United States, American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle, traditional pop, and music hall. It rose to mainstream popularity in the United Kingdom and Europe by 1963 before spreading to North America in 1964 with the British Invasion. The beat style shaped popular music and youth culture through 1960s movements such as garage rock, folk rock and psychedelic music. Origin The exact origins of the terms 'beat music' and 'Merseybeat' are uncertain. "Beat" alludes to the driving rhythms adopted from rock and roll, R&B, and soul music—not the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. As the initial wave of rock and roll subsided in the later 1950s, "big beat" music, later shortened to "beat", became a live dance alternative to the ballade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock And Roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, electric blues, gospel music, gospel, and jump blues, as well as from country music. While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s,Peterson, Richard A. Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity' (1999), p. 9, . the genre did not acquire its name until 1954. According to the journalist Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the United States in the 1950s. By the mid-1960s, rock and roll had developed into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known in many circles as rock and roll".Kot, Greg"Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be My Guest (film)
''Be My Guest'' is a 1965 British B movie, second feature ('B') musical film directed by Lance Comfort and starring David Hemmings and Steve Marriott. It was written by Lyn Fairhurst and was a follow-up to ''Live It Up! (film), Live It Up!'' (1963). It was released as a support the Morecambe and Wise film ''The Intelligence Men''. American rock music producer Shel Talmy coordinated the film's musical score. Talmy also composed the title music which was performed by The Niteshades, who also appear in the closing scene. The recording, released on CBS Records, reached no. 32 on Wonderful Radio London, pirate radio station Radio London's chart in the summer of 1965. Plot Dave Martin moves with his parents London to Brighton to run a guest house. On the way, Dave meets American singer Erica Page, who stays with them at the boarding house. Dave's friends Ricky and Phil also move in. Dave and his friends enter a competition for best local group. They find the competition is rigged and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
