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'''''Play It Cool''''' is a 1962 British [[musical film]] directed by [[Michael Winner]] and starring [[Billy Fury]], [[Michael Anderson Jr.]], [[Helen Shapiro]], [[Bobby Vee]], [[Alvin Stardust|Shane Fenton]], [[Danny Williams (singer)|Danny Williams]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Richard Wattis]], [[Maurice Kaufmann]] and [[Anna Palk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b328bf5|title=Play It Cool (1962)|website=Bfi.org.uk|accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref> |
'''''Play It Cool''''' is a 1962 British [[musical film]] directed by [[Michael Winner]] and starring [[Billy Fury]], [[Michael Anderson Jr.]], [[Helen Shapiro]], [[Bobby Vee]], [[Alvin Stardust|Shane Fenton]], [[Danny Williams (singer)|Danny Williams]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Richard Wattis]], [[Maurice Kaufmann]] and [[Anna Palk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b328bf5|title=Play It Cool (1962)|website=Bfi.org.uk|accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref> |
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It was one of a number of pop musicals made around this time.<ref>PLAY IT COOL |
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It was an early film from Michael Winner who said he was given the job off the back of several short films he had made. He later said "they started to make |
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pop films and that provided the break for young directors. The French New Wave had produced a few young directors and the idea of a director in his twenties |
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was not totally unheard of. That’s how Sidney Furie came in, you know, with Cliff Richard. Dick Lester came in with It’s Trad Dad, and the same week I came |
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in with a film called Plaji It Cool with Billy Fury."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Screen|url=https://archive.org/details/Screen_Volume_10_Issue_3/page/n6/mode/1up?q=%22play+it+cool%22+|volume=10|issue=3|page=6|first=David|last=Spers|title=An Interview with Michael Winner}}</ref> |
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Winner wanted to make the movie on location in real clubs but says the producers insisted he shoot in set.<ref>'Rome Won't Forgget Him': Winner: Rome Wont' Forget Him Winner: Rome Won't Forget Him |
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Palmer, Alix. Los Angeles Times 7 June 1970: p1</ref> |
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== Reception == |
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In ''[[The New York Times]]'', reviewer Eugene Archer called Fury "... a [[Cockney]] imitation of [[Elvis Presley]]" and wrote: "... some low-budget British filmmakers have contrived a flimsy plot in which he and his gang of [[Teddy Boy|Teddyboys]] escort a pretty socialite around London's twist dives in search of her fickle fiancé. ... The film is full of wiggling hips, throbbing larynxes and youthful energy. As for the sound track–well, it's loud."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Archer|first=Eugene|date=1963-07-18|title=British Rock 'n' Roll|page=15|work=The New York Times|url=|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> |
In ''[[The New York Times]]'', reviewer Eugene Archer called Fury "... a [[Cockney]] imitation of [[Elvis Presley]]" and wrote: "... some low-budget British filmmakers have contrived a flimsy plot in which he and his gang of [[Teddy Boy|Teddyboys]] escort a pretty socialite around London's twist dives in search of her fickle fiancé. ... The film is full of wiggling hips, throbbing larynxes and youthful energy. As for the sound track–well, it's loud."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Archer|first=Eugene|date=1963-07-18|title=British Rock 'n' Roll|page=15|work=The New York Times|url=|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> |
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Directed by | Michael Winner |
Screenplay by | Jack Henry |
Produced by | David Deutsch Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
Starring | Billy Fury Michael Anderson Jr. Helen Shapiro Bobby Vee |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
Edited by | Tristam Cones |
Music by | Norrie Paramor |
Production companies | Independent Artists Coronado Productions Ltd. |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Play It Cool is a 1962 British musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Helen Shapiro, Bobby Vee, Shane Fenton, Danny Williams, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Maurice Kaufmann and Anna Palk.[1]
It was one of a number of pop musicals made around this time.[2]
Plot
Struggling singer Billy Universe (Billy Fury) and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father (Dennis Price), is searching for her lover whom she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.[3] The main characters visit a succession of nightclubs where other stars are performing. There are guest appearances by Lionel Blair and Bernie Winters, as well as by record producer Norrie Paramor.[4] The only hit from the songs featured in the film was Fury's rendition of "Once Upon a Dream."
Cast
- Billy Fury - Billy Universe
- Michael Anderson, Jr. - Alvin
- Helen Shapiro - Herself
- Bobby Vee - Himself
- Dennis Price - Sir Charles Bryant
- Richard Wattis - Nervous Man
- Danny Williams - Himself
- Shane Fenton - Himself
- Jimmy Crawford - Himself
- Lionel Blair - Himself
- Anna Palk - Ann Bryant
- Felicity Young - Yvonne Pemberton
- Ray Brooks - Freddy
- Jeremy Bulloch - Joey
- Maurice Kaufmann - Larry Granger
- Peter Barkworth - Skinner
- Bernie Winters - Sydney Norman
Production
It was an early film from Michael Winner who said he was given the job off the back of several short films he had made. He later said "they started to make pop films and that provided the break for young directors. The French New Wave had produced a few young directors and the idea of a director in his twenties was not totally unheard of. That’s how Sidney Furie came in, you know, with Cliff Richard. Dick Lester came in with It’s Trad Dad, and the same week I came in with a film called Plaji It Cool with Billy Fury."[5]
Winner wanted to make the movie on location in real clubs but says the producers insisted he shoot in set.[6]
Reception
In The New York Times, reviewer Eugene Archer called Fury "... a Cockney imitation of Elvis Presley" and wrote: "... some low-budget British filmmakers have contrived a flimsy plot in which he and his gang of Teddyboys escort a pretty socialite around London's twist dives in search of her fickle fiancé. ... The film is full of wiggling hips, throbbing larynxes and youthful energy. As for the sound track–well, it's loud."[7]
References
- ^ "Play It Cool (1962)". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ PLAY IT COOL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 95.
- ^ "Play It Cool (1963) - Michael Winner - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Spers, David. "An Interview with Michael Winner". Screen. Vol. 10, no. 3. p. 6.
- ^ 'Rome Won't Forgget Him': Winner: Rome Wont' Forget Him Winner: Rome Won't Forget Him Palmer, Alix. Los Angeles Times 7 June 1970: p1
- ^ Archer, Eugene (18 July 1963). "British Rock 'n' Roll". The New York Times. p. 15.
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External links
- Play It Cool at IMDb