The Golden Disc

The Golden Disc
US Poster under the title The In-Between Age
Directed by Don Sharp
Written by Don Sharp
Don Nicholl
Starring Mary Steele
Lee Patterson
Terry Dene
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 August 1958 (1958-08-03)
Running time
 78 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Golden Disc (also known as The In-Between Age) is a 1958 British pop musical film. It features pop singer Terry Dene as himself in a story in which he tops the best-seller charts, whereas in his real life he never made the top ten. The film was directed by Don Sharp, who was married to the leading lady Mary Steele.[1]

It was re-released on DVD by Renown Pictures ltd. in 2010.[2]

Plot

A young man and woman help her aunt open a trendy coffee bar and they discover a singing star.

Cast

  • Harry Blair - Lee Patterson
  • Joan Farmer - Mary Steele
  • Terry Dene - Terry Dene
  • Aunt Sarah - Linda Gray
  • Mr. Dryden - Ronald Adam
  • Mr. Washington - Peter Dyneley
  • Himself - David Jacobs
  • Recording Engineer - David Williams
  • Morose Man - Richard Turner
  • Dryden's Secretary - Marianne Stone
  • Mrs Simpson - Olive Milbourn
  • 1st Recording Engineer - Redmond Phillips
  • 2nd Recording Engineer - Raymond Hodge
  • Stage Manager - Stanley Platts
  • Boy - Peter Godsell
  • Himself - Dennis Lotis
  • Herself - Nancy Whiskey
  • Themselves - Hobeaux
  • Himself - Murray Campbell
  • Herself - Sheila Buxton
  • Themselves - Phil Seaman Jazz Group
  • Themselves - Sonny Stewart & his Skiffle Kings
  • Themselves - Terry Kennedy Group

Songs

  • ‘I’m Gonna Wrap You Up’ (by Ray Mack, Philip Green) performed by Dennis Lotis
  • ‘Before We Say Goodnight’ (by Norman Newell, Philip Green) performed by Mary Steele
  • ‘Dynamo’ (by Tommy Connor) performed by Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group [3]
  • ‘C’min and be Loved’ (by Len Paverman) performed by Terry Dene
  • ‘Charm’ (by Ray Mack, Philip Green) performed by Terry Dene
  • ‘The In-between Age’ (by Ray Mack, Philip Green) performed by Sheila Buxton
  • ‘Let Me Lie’ (by Sonny & Stewart) performed by Sonny Stewart and his Skiffle Kings
  • ‘Candy Floss’ (by Len Paverman) performed by Terry Dene
  • ‘Lower Deck’ (by Phil Seamon) performed by Phil Seamon Jazz Group
  • ‘Balmoral Melody’ (by Philip Green) performed by Murray Campbell
  • ‘Johnny O’ (by Len Praverman) performed by Nancy Whiskey and Sonny Stewart and his Skiffle Kings

‘The Golden Age’ (by Michael Robbins, Richard Dix) performed by Terry Dene.

References

  1. ↑ Don Sharp obituary at The Independent
  2. ↑ Renown Pictures Ltd, PO Box 592,Kings Langley, Herts WD4 4DB
  3. ↑ End Credits, 'The Golden Disc', 1958


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