Charley Moon (Original title)Charlie Moon (Alternative title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 14 May 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Guy Hamilton
Synopsis: Country boy makes good on the London stage but goes back in the end to his home and his sweetheart.
Genre: Musical
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8279 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v468 n2538 16Feb-5 Apr 1956: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7436 12 Jan 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7436 12 Jan 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n267 April 1956 Page: 42
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n267 April 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7083 13 Mar 1956 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7083 13 Mar 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 9 May 1956
Title: [Variety - 9 May 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8249 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-1151841
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 14 May 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Guy Hamilton
Synopsis: Country boy makes good on the London stage but goes back in the end to his home and his sweetheart.
Genre: Musical
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8279 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company/©: Colin Lesslie Productions, Made in association with: British Lion Films, Producer: Colin Lesslie, Producer: Aubrey Baring, Production Manager: W.J. Kirby, Assistant Director: Gus Agosti, Continuity: Barbara Cole, Screenplay: Leslie Bricusse, Adaptation: John Cresswell, From the novel by: Reginald Arkell, Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard, Camera Operator: Peter Newbrook, Editor: Bertie Rule, Assembly Editor: Tony Lower, Art Director: Don Ashton, Dress Designer: Doris Lee, Wardrobe: Charles Guerin, Make-up: Neville Smallwood, Hairdressing: Joan White, Music composed and conducted: Francis Chagrin, Songs by: Leslie Bricusse, Robin Beaumont, [Music Director]: Benjamin Frankel, Orchestral Arrangements: Wally Stott, Musical Numbers Staged by: Vida Hope, [Musical Numbers Staging] Assisted by: George Erskine-Jones, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: A. Ambler, Sound Recording: Red Law, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Max Bygraves (Charley Moon), Dennis Price (Harold Armytage), Michael Medwin (Alf Higgins), Florence Desmond (Mary Minton), Shirley Eaton (Angel Dream), Patricia Driscoll (Rose), Charles Victor (Miller Moon), Reginald Beckwith (vicar), Cyril Raymond (Bill, the author), Peter Jones (Stewart), Newton Blick (Montague 'Monty' C. Brass), Vic Wise (Solly Silvers), Lou Jacobi (Rosenberg, theatre manager), Eric Sykes (brother-in-law), Bill Fraser (Marber), Brian Oulton (Mr Paxton), Stuart Saunders (sergeant), Harold Goodwin (Sid), Michael Dear (young soldier), Jane Asher (Benesta), Anthony Bygraves (young Charley Moon), Marianne Stone ([Silvers' secretary]), Patricia Somerset, Amanda Coxell, Gareth Tandy, George Howell, Teresa Scoble, Leslie Scoble, Julia Atkinson, Diane Herman, Mary-Lou Honour, Shirley Joy (young Rose)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Kinematograph Weekly v468 n2538 16Feb-5 Apr 1956 Page: 17 (5/4/1956)Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v468 n2538 16Feb-5 Apr 1956: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7436 12 Jan 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7436 12 Jan 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n267 April 1956 Page: 42
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n267 April 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7083 13 Mar 1956 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7083 13 Mar 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 9 May 1956
Title: [Variety - 9 May 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8249 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-1151841
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film