It's All Happening (film)

It's All Happening is a 1963 British musical film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin and Angela Douglas.[2]

It's All Happening
Original British quad poster
Directed byDon Sharp
Produced byNorman Williams
Written byLeigh Vance
StarringTommy Steele
Michael Medwin
Angela Douglas
Music byPhilip Green
John Barry
CinematographyKen Hodges
Edited byJohn Jympson
Production
company
K.N.P. Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
1963
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$430,000[1]

It is sometimes known under the alternative title The Dream Maker.

Premise

A talent scout for a record company is frustrated by his lack of progress with his career. When the orphanage where he was brought up is threatened with closing, he decides to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands.

Selected cast

Production

Produced for $430,000, the film was shot and ready for release in cinemas in only six weeks. [3] Director Don Sharp had made a similar musical The Golden Disc.[4] Filming took place at Shepperton Studios in January 1963. Angela Douglas, who has a leading role, recalled in her memoirs that Steele "was terrific, making me feel good, putting me at ease" and that "they were a marvelous crew, fun and relaxed."[5]

Songs
  • The Wind And The Rain by Johnny De Little
  • "The Dream Maker" by Tommy Steele
  • Meeting You by Dick Kallman
  • "Maximum Plus" by Tommy Steele and Marion Ryan
  • "Somebody Else Not Me" by Shane Fenton and the Fentones
  • Egg And Chips by Tommy Steele
  • "That's Livin' - That's Lovin'" by Marion Ryan
  • "Day Without You" by Danny Williams
  • "Flamenco" by Russ Conway
  • "Summertime" by (Philip Green, Norman Newell)
  • "Once Upon A Time In Venice" by - John Boulter
  • "It's Summer" by Dai Francis
  • "Watching All The World Go By" by Tony Mercer
  • "The Boy On The Beach" by Carol Deene
  • "It's Summer" by The George Mitchell Singers
  • Finale "The Dream Maker" by Tommy Steele And The George Mitchell Singers

Critical reception

Variety said "The warmly exuberant personality of Tommy Steele, plus some polished, slick performances by guest top pop United Kingdom artists, solidly jacks up a lazy, old-fashioned and flabby screenplay by Leigh Vance."[1]

  • TV Guide observed, "a number of England's pop singers and groups of the 1960s are on display in this variety show held together by a slim story line."[3]
  • The New York Times noted, "young Mr. Steele, all teeth and yellow hair, gives his all to the role."[6]
  • The Radio Times called the film "sentimental hokum...The songs sound as though they were knocked out on a slow afternoon on Denmark Street, London's very own Tin Pan Alley."[7]
  • AllMovie called it an "engaging children's musical."[8]

References
  1. Review of It's All Happening at Variety
  2. "It's all Happening (1963) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. "The Dream Maker Review". Movies.tvguide.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.
  5. Douglas, Angela (1985). Swings and roundabouts : an autobiography. Magna. p. 214.
  6. Eugene Archer. (23 April 1964). "Movie Review - It's All Happening - The Dream Maker'". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. "It's All Happening | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. Tommy Steele. "It's All Happening (1963) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 24 July 2014.


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