As Long As They're Happy (Original title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 11 April 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: J. Lee-thompson
Synopsis: A stuffy British stockbroker has his home thrown into chaos when a popular American singer comes to visit. His two daughters, one a bobbysoxer and the other a Parisian existentialist are mad about the singer.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Subjects: Teenagers, Pop music (1950-)
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8186 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n255 April 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v84 n7219 7 Mar 1955 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7219 7 Mar 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2489 10 Mar 1955 Page: 21
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2489 10 Mar 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 6 Apr 1955
Title: [Variety - 6 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-960375
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 6540 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-6736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 11 April 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: J. Lee-thompson
Synopsis: A stuffy British stockbroker has his home thrown into chaos when a popular American singer comes to visit. His two daughters, one a bobbysoxer and the other a Parisian existentialist are mad about the singer.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Subjects: Teenagers, Pop music (1950-)
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8186 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(43)
Production Company: Group Film Productions, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Producer: Raymond Stross, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, [Production Secretary]: Penny Dewdney, Assistant Director: Pat Marsden, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Geoffrey Helman, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Harold Orton, Script Supervisor: Tilly Day, [Casting]: Weston Drury Jr, Screenplay: Alan Melville, Based on the play by: Vernon Sylvaine, Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, Camera Operator: Jack Atcheler, [Focus Puller]: Steve Claydon, [Clapper Loader]: Ron Anscombe, [Stills]: Ian Jeayes, Editor: John D. Guthridge, [Assembly Cutter]: Jim Kelly, Don Sharpe, [Assistant Editor]: Peter Miller, Art Director: Michael Stringer, [Set Dresser]: Jack Stephens, [Chief Draughtsman]: Edward Marshall, [Draughtsman]: Terence Marsh, Roy Stannard, Costume Designer: Yvonne Caffin, Furs: Molho, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Music/Music Director: Stanley Black, Songs by: Sam Coslow, Music Recording: Ted Drake, Choreography: Paddy Stone, Choreography: Irving Davies, Sound: John Dennis, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: Roger Cherrill, [Boom Operator]: Robert T. MacPhee, [Boom Assistant]: Mickey Jay, [Sound Camera Operator]: Ken Rawkins, [Assistant Sound Editor]: Les Wiggins
Cast
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Jack Buchanan (John Bentley), Janette Scott (Gwen Bentley), Jean Carson (Pat), Brenda De Banzie (Stella Bentley), Susan Stephen (Corinne Brady), Jerry Wayne (Bobby Denver), Diana Dors (Pearl), Hugh McDermott (Barnaby Brady), David Hurst (Dr Hermann Schneider), Athene Seyler (Mrs Arbuthnot), Joan Sims (Linda), Nigel Green (Peter, Pat's husband), Dora Bryan (Mavis), Gilbert Harding (himself), Joan Hickson ([barmaid]), Susan Lyall-grant, Jean Aubrey ([bobbysoxer at dockside]), Peter Illing ([French sergeant]), Edie Martin ([little lady at dockside]), Arnold Bell ([ship's purser]), Pauline Winter ([Miss Prendergast]), Hattie Jacques ([party girl]), Vivienne Martin ([Kay, 2nd secretary in lift]), Leslie Phillips ([box office manager]), Charles Ross ([existentialist]), Ronnie Stevens ([man in theatre box]), Charles Hawtrey ([teddy boy]), Bill Shine ([p.c. Bowker, policeman at harbour]), John Blythe ([orchestra leader at London Hippodrome]), Norman Wisdom ([himself]), Jeanne Elvin, Jacqueline Haskins, Jeanette Jacobs, Penelope Rackliff, David Tilley
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n255 April 1955 Page: 56Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n255 April 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v84 n7219 7 Mar 1955 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7219 7 Mar 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2489 10 Mar 1955 Page: 21
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2489 10 Mar 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 6 Apr 1955
Title: [Variety - 6 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-960375
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 6540 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-6736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film