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    Golden Disc, The (1958)

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    Young pop composer Harry Blair (Canadian Lee Patterson) and singer Joan Farmer (Mary Steele, who was married to director Don Sharp) open a coffee bar, bankrolled by their trendy Aunt Sarah (Linda Gray).

    They are joined by budding singer Terry Dene as himself. Dene sings at the cafe and – unable to get a record deal – the trio starts their own “Lucky Charm” record label.

    The Golden Disc features many musical acts – covering everything from folk to skiffle and jazz, with some ballads and rock and roll thrown in – and DJ David Jacobs as himself.

    The film may boast some of cinema’s worst-ever choreography, but it also features the Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group singing Dynamo, plus the only surviving footage of Terry Dene, the rocker whose career was destroyed by National Service.

    The War Office stage-managed his entrance into the Army but any PR value was negated by Dene’s nervous breakdown and subsequent medical discharge.

    The film was shot at Walton Studios and released in the US as The Inbetween Age.

    Harry Blair
    Lee Patterson
    Joan Farmer
    Mary Steele
    Terry Dene
    Himself
    Aunt Sarah
    Linda Gray
    Mr Dryden
    Ronald Adam
    Mr Washington
    Peter Dyneley
    David Jacobs
    Himself
    Recording Engineer
    David Williams
    Morose Man
    Richard Turner
    Dryden’s Secretary
    Marianne Stone
    Mrs Simpson
    Olive Milbourne
    1st Recording Manager
    Redmond Phillips
    2nd Recording Manager
    Raymond Hodge
    Stage Manager
    Stanley Platts
    Phil Seamon and His Jazz Group
    Themselves
    Sonny Stewart and His Skiffle Kings
    Themselves
    Terry Kennedy and His Group
    Themselves

    Director
    Don Sharp

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