SWINGIN' ALONG
(1962) Lippert Films, color, 74 minutes,
DIRECTOR: Charles Barton
PRODUCER: Jack Leewood
SCREENPLAY: Arthur Morton
Cast:
Tommy Noonan - Freddy
Peter Marshall - Duke
Barbara Eden - Carol Walker
Connie Gilchrist - Aunt Sophie
Carol Christensen - Ginny
Alan Carney - Officer Sullivan
Mike Mazurki - Bookie
Tommy Farrell - Georgie
Leonard Bremen - Willie
Terry Miele - Mrs. Crenshaw
Art Barker - Television Announcer

A comedy about a songwriting contest, originally released in 1961 as Double Trouble. Scenes were added of Ray Charles (doing "What'd I Say") and Bobby Vee (doing "More Than I Can Say").

Bobby in Swingin' Along

PLAY IT COOL

Good selection of early Sixties' performers woven through a plot about a bratty teenage rich girl looking for her boyfriend. Bobby sings "At A Time Like This."

JUST FOR FUN
(1963) Columbia Pictures, black & white, 85 minutes
DIRECTOR: Gordon Fleming
PRODUCER: Milton Subotsky
SCREENPLAY: Milton Subotsky
Cast:
Mark Wynter - Mark
Cherry Vernon - Cherry
Richard Vernon - Prime Minister
Reginald Beckwith - Opposition Leader
John Wood - Official
Alan Freeman Disc Jockey
Jimmy Saville - Disc Jockey
David Jacobs - Disc Jockey
Jeremy Lloyd - Prime Minister's Son
Harry Fowler - Interviewer
Edwin Richfield - Man with Badge
Irene Handl - Housewife
Hugh Lloyd - Plumber
Dick Emery - Jury Panel
Mario Fabrizi - Diner

British teens win the right to vote, so the two major political parties try hard to win this new voting block to their side. Meanwhile, there's a parade of pop stars including Freddy Cannon, Ketty Lester, Jeremy Lloyd, Bobby Vee, The Crickets, The Springfields, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Brian Poole and the Tremoloes and Johnny Tillotson. Bobby sings "All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me," and "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes."

C'MON, LET'S LIVE A LITTLE
(1967) Paramount Pictures, color, 85 minutes
DIRECTOR: David Butler
PRODUCERS: John Herelandy, June Starr
SCREENPLAY: June Starr
Cast:
Bobby Vee - Jesse Crawford
Jackie DeShannon - Judy Grant
Eddie Hodges - Eddie Stewart
Suzie Kaye - Bee Bee Vendemeer
Patsy Kelly - Mrs. Fitts
John Ireland Jr. - Rego
Mark Evans - Tim Grant
Russ Conway - John W. Grant
Jill Banner - Wendy
Kim Carnes - Melinda
Joy Tobin - Joy
Frank Alesia - Balta
Ken Osmond - The Beard
Don Crawford - Jeb Crawford
Tiger Joe Marsh - Spuko

Bobby Vee stars as a country boy gone to college. He romances the dean's daughter who also sings played by Jackie DeShannon. Their talents are soon exploited by a campus rabblerouser. Bobby sings "Instant Girl"

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