Hank B. Marvin
of The Shadows
not from film
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Finders Keepers
United Artists / Interstate
Sidney Hayers
Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Robert Morley,
Viviane Ventura
Peggy Mount, Graham Stark, John LeMesurier
Pop musical based on youth
culture.
Unlikely but entertaining consequences when the boys find a 'lost' atom
bomb and local lovely Viviane
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Hold On! ( There's No Place Like Space )
Four Leaf / MGM
Arthur Lubin
Herman's Hermits, Shelley Fabares, Sue Ane
Langdon, Herbert Anderson, Phil Arnold, John Hart
Pop vehicle for Peter Noone
and the band, from which came a fairly good E.P. The Top 10 hit single
from the film was, unusually, not the title song.
While on tour in the USA, the boys might get a spacecraft named after
them if they can get to the launch area in time. . .
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not from film
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The Seekers At Home
E.M.I. Music ( Australia
)
Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger, Bruce
Woodley
Musical semi-biography filmed on location in Australia
at
Dandenong Ranges, Black Rock and Melbourne, Victoria
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Wild, Wild Winter
Universal
Lennie Weinrib
Vicky Albright, Val Avery, Les Brown Jr,
Gary Clarke,
Don Edmonds, Steve Franken, James Frawley,
Buck Holland, Suzie Kaye, Dick Miller
Chris Noel, Linda Rogers, Steve Rogers,
Darryl Vaughan, James Wellman
Beach culture movie set on
the ski slopes, similar in style
to 'Ski Party'. Crazy youth romances and goings-on,
to music provided by Jay and The Americans,
Jackie and Gayle, The Beau Brummels and Dick & Dee Dee
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Charlie Is My Darling
Andrew Loog Oldham
Produced for television in black and white by Andrew
Loog Oldham in January 1966 from footage of the Stones' Irish tour in
the autumn of 1965. Songs featured are 'Get Off My Cloud','Heart Of Stone','Play
With Fire','Satisfaction','I'm Alright','The Last Time' and 'Maybe It's
Because I'm A Londoner'. Interviews include sequences where
Brian Jones discusses his fear of marriage, Charlie Watts speaks of his
limitations as a musician and Mick Jagger does an impersonation of Elvis
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Thunderbirds Are Go!
Century 21 Pictures
David Lane
No live acting cast
Puppet-based sci-fi adventure film.
Why is it here? It's notable for the appearance of Cliff Richard and The
Shadows performing in puppet form as Cliff Richard 'Junior'.
It was made into an E.P. ( now much sought-after ) with Cliff singing
'Shooting Star' and The Shadows performing 'Lady Penelope', 'Zero X' and
'Thunderbirds'. Some of the other character voices were provided by Bob
Monkhouse, Shane Rimmer, Paul Maxwell and Ray Barrett
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The Legend Of Bo Diddley
Gary Sherman
Short 16 minute documentary
film featuring performances by Bo Diddley
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Georgy Girl
Columbia / Everglades
Silvio Narizzano
James Mason, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling,
Alan Bates, Bill Owen
Clare Kelly, Rachel Kempson
Swinging London culture with general pop music background
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Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Paramount Pictures
John Hubley
Animated short film featuring the Herb Alpert sound
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The Road To Nashville
Richard Arlen
Country & Western documentary with performances from
Marty Robbins, Connie Smith, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, The Stonemans
Dottie West, Porter Waggoner, Faron Young, The Kitty Wells Show
Webb Pierce, Bill Anderson, The Carter Family, Waylon Jennings
Lefty Frizzell, Norma Jean, Bill Phillips, The Osborne Brothers
and Margie Singleton. It was not released in the U.K. until 1973
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The Pad And How To Use It
Universal
Brian C.Hutton
Brian Bedford, James Farentino, Julie Sommars
Edy Williams, Nick Navarro
American youth culture movie with many plot similarities
to British film 'The Knack' which was released the previous year
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The Endless Summer
Bruce Brown Films / Columbia
Bruce Brown
Robert August, Mike Hynson, Bruce Brown
Surfing documentary with music. One of quite a few docu-drama
films created by the 'trinity' of surf movie-makers Bruce Brown, Phil
Wilson and Gregg Noll during the Sixties. This one is not just A surfing film but probably THE cult surfing film of all time. The semi-documentary
with crazy, humorous narration by Bruce Brown contains fabulous surfing
footage, tracing the travels of a pair of surfers as they follow the 'endless
summer' of surf action across Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti,
Hawaii and California to backing music by The Sandals and others
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Nico
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Chelsea Girls
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Marie Mencken, Mary Woronov, Ultra Violet,
Gerard Malanga
International Velvet, Ingrid Superstar, Mario Montez, Ondine
Eric Emerson, Nico, Viva, Brigid Polk
An episodic look at aspects
of Sixties culture, shown on a split screen. Warhol's fab girls and background
music by The Velvet Underground
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The Wild Angels
AIP
Roger Corman
Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Michael
J. Pollard
Gayle Hunnicut
Hell's Angels and Biker culture
'cult' movie which was much-banned
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The Girl-Getters ( The System )
Bryanston
Michael Winner
Oliver Reed, Julia Foster, Derek Nimmo, Jane
Merrow, John Alderton
Stephanie Beaumont, Barbara Ferris, Ann Lynn, David Hemmings
Harry Andrews
Youth culture movie with soundtrack
by The Searchers.
A group of local seaside boys mix with the tourists to pick up 'rich'
girls
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The Singing Nun
MGM
Henry Koster
Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer
Garson, Chad Everett
Ricky Cordell, Katharine Ross, Michael Pate, Agnes Moorhead
Juanita Moore, Ed Sullivan, Nancy Walters, Marina Koshetz, Tom Drake
Musical bio-pic featuring 12 songs. A film based on the
life of the Belgian nun who had worldwide best-selling hits such as 'Soeur
Sourire'
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The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini
American International
Don Weis
Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly,
Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid, Quinn
O'Hara
Beach party - biker - Sixties
youth culture - 'horror' movie.
Nope, I'm afraid I can't describe this film briefly,
so click
here for a more in-depth view
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Sunshine
Superman
Donovan
This was a promo film for the record, made in Black
and White,
featuring Donovan in a number of clips set to music.
The various scenes included him petting a kitten,
playing with kites, making glasses with his hands and different
poses in a doorway, with a cigarette.
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Chappaqua
Distributed by Winkler Film
Conrad Rooks
Jean-Louis Barrault, Conrad Rooks, Allen
Ginsberg, Rita Renoir
Ravi Shankar, Paula Pritchett, Ornette Coleman , William Burroughs
Swami Satchidananda Moondog, Jill Lator, John Esam
Ed Sanders, The Fugs
Semi-autobiographical surreal psychedelia movie about
a drug addict's attempt to kick the habit and his hallucinations during
heroin withdrawal. I hear it's pretty depressing stuff but with a good
soundtrack
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The Big T.N.T. Show
Larry Peerce
A documentary movie, hosted
by David McCallum, on the follow-up concert to the T.A.M.I. Show of
1964
Artists include: Joan Baez, Ray Charles, Petula Clark,
Bo Diddley
Donovan, John Sebastian, Roger Miller, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful
The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner
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Out Of Sight
Universal
Lennie Weinrib
Jonathan Daly, Karen Jensen, Robert Pine,
Carol Shelyne
The Out Of Sight Girls, Wendy Wagner, Maggie Thrett, Deanna Lund
Rena Horton, Billy Curtis, Norman Grabowski
West coast culture spy spoof
pop musical
( try saying that
three times after a few pints )
An evil scientist
from F.L.U.S.H. is trying to blow up the world, but we are all saved by
'the girl with horn-rimmed glasses' from 'SHINDIG'.
Artists include The Turtles, The Knickerbockers, The Astronauts
Dobie Gray, Freddie and The Dreamers, Gary Lewis and The Playboys
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The Ghost Goes Gear
Associated British Pathe
Hugh Gladwish
Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis
A strangely rare pop music
movie in which a pop group turn a haunted house into a tourist attraction
and hold a concert
Artists: The Spencer Davis Group , The Lorne Gibson Trio , The M.6.
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band, Dave Berry, St.Louis Union
The Three Bells
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Freddie Cannon
not from film
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Just For You ( Disk-O-Tek Holiday ) ( East Is East )
Distributed by Allied Artists
Vincent Scarza
Pop music vehicle featuring
performances from The Applejacks
The Bachelors, Millie Small, Peter and Gordon, Louise Cordet
Freddie and The Dreamers and The Merseybeats, held together in a loose
association by the efforts of disc jockey Sam Costa.
The American version of the film was edited and sequences added featuring
performances by The Chiffons, The Vagrants, Freddie Cannon
Casey Paxton and Catherine Quine, The Rockin' Ramrods
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Annette Funicello
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Fireball 500
AIP
William Asher
Julie Parrish, Frankie Avalon, Tex Armstrong,
Fabian, Annette Funicello
Baynes Barron, Billy Breck, Linda Bent, Patti Chandler, Jo Collins
Another West Coast youth culture movie feature from the
highly successful 'Beach Movies' stars and director.
A young stock car racer unwittingly transports moonshine whiskey.
Music by The Don Randi Trio plus One
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Blow Up
MGM / Carlo Ponti
Michaelangelo Antonioni
David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles,
Jane Birkin
A quality, classic, Swinging
Sixties culture and fashion movie.
The storyline concerns the effect on the life of a young fashion photographer
who thinks he has witnessed a murder.
The soundtrack is supplied by The Yardbirds and other artists
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