The Golden Disc

The Golden Disc (1958)

The Big PLATTER PARADE!

Joan Farmer, with the help of her friend Harry Blair, persuades her aunt to turn her worn-out cafe into a trendy espresso bar for teenagers. The opening of the bar allowed the discovery of a singing star, Terry Dene. Later on, the coffee bar was transformed into a recording company. After various adventures, Terry sells a million records in America, and Joan and Harry fall in love.

Date of release
1958-03-04
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Music
Director
Don Sharp

Casting

Interesting facts

The Golden Disc is a 1958 British pop musical film directed by Don Sharp, starring Terry Dene and Mary Steele. It was written by Sharp and Don Nicholl based on a story by Gee Nicholl. A young man and a young woman open a trendy coffee bar and discover a singing star.

Production

The film was shot at Walton Studios. It was a vehicle for Terry Dene who had three top twenty hits in Britain.

It was one of several British pop films set around coffee bars, others including The Tommy Steele Story, Serious Charge, Beat Girl and Expresso Bongo. Director Don Sharp said it was made at a time when "everybody was making a musical". His wife Mary played the female lead.

Filming started on 23 September 1957. Jack Phillips of Butchers Film Productions, who made the film, claimed the film was "not an imitation of The Tommy Steele Story or anything like this" even though it was a musical vehicle for a pop star.

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