Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.
Gary U.S. Bonds
- Self
- (as Gary [U.S.] Bonds)
The Paris Sisters
- Themselves
- (as Paris Sisters)
The Dukes of Dixieland
- Themselves
- (as Dukes Of Dixieland)
Acker Bilk
- Self
- (as Mr. Acker Bilk)
Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
- Themselves
- (as Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band)
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
- Themselves
- (as Kenny Ball's Jazzmen)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThis was the first feature film directed by Richard Lester.
- GoofsWhen Acker Bilk's band is playing "In a Persian Market", the drummer twice hits the cymbals, yet we never hear it.
- Quotes
Alan Freeman: Hi there, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome once again to our weekly show. Something old, Something new. And first tonight, something new from Gene Vincent and "A Spaceship to Mars."
Gene Vincent: [singing] I want to get you on a spaceship to Mars, And hold you and I'll squeeze you as we fly through the stars, But when I think of those light years we can spend alone, zooming through the atmosphere from zone to zone, But I tell you honey, life can be sunny, cause you're mine, all mine...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bandstand: Episode dated 17 November 1962 (1962)
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It's Not Bad, Dad
This was the first effort of British director Richard Lester (credited here as "Dick Lester") and it's an enjoyable-enough museum piece that tries to cash in on the fleeting popularity of Dixieland jazz among British teeners. To hedge his bets, Lester brought in a few American rock n' roll hold-overs -- Gary U.S. Bonds, Chubby Checker and Del Shannon. Their presence gives the movie a decidedly uneven feel, but there's a great deal of energy at work, and everybody seems to be having a good time.
The movie is a bit like "A Hard Day's Night" in its unrelentingly goofy sense of humor, and in how a very skeletal plot is used to string together a series of unrelated musical numbers.
By the following year, the Beatles had swept all these acts into the unemployment line, but this is a great example of the British rock n' roll movie of the antedeluvian era.
The movie is a bit like "A Hard Day's Night" in its unrelentingly goofy sense of humor, and in how a very skeletal plot is used to string together a series of unrelated musical numbers.
By the following year, the Beatles had swept all these acts into the unemployment line, but this is a great example of the British rock n' roll movie of the antedeluvian era.
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- mpopham
- Feb 21, 2004
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- Twen-Hitparade
- Filming locations
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at Shepperton Studios, England)
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- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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