Its book was written by wolf mankowitz and julian more, with music by david heneker and monty norman, also the colyricist with julian more. Expresso bongo is a 1958 west end musical and a satire of the music industry. With laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, cliff richard. Expresso bongo 1959 a dip into the late fifties by way of comparison with beat girl this film features a teenage cliff richard but still manages to carry enough frith street grit and denmark street guile to evoke the spirit of soho. The production starred paul scofield with hy hazell, millicent martin and james kenney. Director val guests 1959 british drama stars laurence harvey, cliff richard, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, hermione baddeley, susan hampshire and avis bunnage. Expresso bongo 1959 val guest, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, drama, music june 5, 2017 johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house. Includes musical performances, strip club, and nearnude scenes. While most hit 1950s broadway musicals were filmed, british ones fared much worse. Expresso bongo 1959 download yify movie torrent yts. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny. Buy expresso bongo 8x10 photo sexy sylvia syms pose at amazon uk. Expresso bongo 1959 val guest, laurence harvey, sylvia. Essential new release following the critically acclaimed release of lost west end 2015 and lost west end 2 2016, albums highlighted in both the sunday times and the guardian, stage door records are pleased to continue the album series with lost west end vintage.
Download expresso bongo 1959 brrip xvid mp3xvid or any other file from movies category. Sylvia syms plays bongos, with cliff richard on guitar and laurence. First released in 1959, just one year after laurence harveys success in room at the top, expresso bongo gives us harvey as an unscrupulous music agent named johnny jackson. A seedy london promoter turns a naive, workingclass teenager into a pop singing sensation. Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in an. Cohen film collection introduces this fifties british classic, a fastpaced story set in the cutthroat world of pop music. Bruce welch, cliff richard, jet harris and hank marvin. Bruce welch, cliff richard, jet harris 1939 2011 and hank marvin. Watching any film 50 years after you last saw it is, at any time, a mildly unnerving experience. Expresso bongo 1959 john llewellyn proberts house of. For the film of expresso bongo 1959, only two of the seventeen numbers remained, and more commercial songs were added to promote cliff richard. Cliff richard and the shadows a voice in the wilderness dont be mad at me columbia uk 1960 next by artist cliff richard and the shadows expresso bongo columbia uk 1959.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. It was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958. Blog of zontar the thing from venus extremism in defense of aesthetics is no vice devoted to the intensive study of the most obscure and disreputable cultural manifestations of the decaying human empire. Expresso bongo stock image expresso bongo expresso bongo 1959 blbritanniaconquest film with cliff richard and. English singer cliff richard performing with the shadows in expresso bongo, directed by val guest, 1959. It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the. Feb 01, 2017 johnny jackson laurence harvey, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge cliff richard singing in a coffee house. Find out when and where you can watch expresso bongo on tv with the full listings schedule at. Val guest may not have a name that rivals carol reeds or alfred hitchcocks in terms of its public recognition factor, but wherever you look in the history of british cinema from the 1930s to the end of the 1970s, this versatile former theatre actortur. A talent agent named johnny jackson tries to resurrect his flagging career when he stumbles upon a talented young rock n roll musician, bert rudge. Wenn sie an dem herzen ein romantisches sind, welcher film ist total je sie au.
Bongo becomes a pop culture sensation, of course, but johnnys hubris eventually proves to be his undoing. Johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their. Expresso bongo is a film directed by val guest with laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, cliff richard, year. Looking forward to playing a few gigs for our fans soon and adding some new people, too. One of the best british rock n roll films of the 50s. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny starts him on.
There is cliff, and there are pensionable teenagers, but at its core this gem of a movie is a rapierlike satire on. Val guests 1959 londonshot brit beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician bert rudge cliff richard. Voir expresso bongo 1959 en streaming complet streamvoir. Watch on putlocker johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a coffee house. Expresso bongo 1959 val guest, laurence harvey, sylvia syms, yolande donlan, drama, music june 5, 2017 johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert rudge singing in a. Cliff richard stars as bongo herbert, yes, bongo herbert. Expresso bongo 1959 expresso bonkers one of the daftest titles in british movie history although personally i think robert hartforddavis gonks go beat gets the no.
He realizes hes found a winner in the form of bongo player bert rudge, a kid he christens with the stage name of bongo herbert and pushes as a pop singer in the local coffee bars. I guess im prejudiced about cliffive always felt he was a fine christian person and an amazing talentbut the movie is certainly fun and historically of interest. This look at the british rocknroll scene, circa 1959, had to have inspired. Expresso bongo 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The subsequent 1959 film version was directed by val guest and starred laurence harvey. Expresso bongo 1959 is an adaptation of wolf mankowitz and julian moores 1958 satirical showbiz musical centred on the londons sohos thriving coffee bars and an agent who thinks he has found a musical star. Expresso bongo 1959 jouer en streaming film chrono. Rent expresso bongo 1959 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. There are scenes set in a strip club where barebreasted dancers perform a musical revue. Rudge stands little chance in the music business but is propelled to major stardom after being discovered in an expresso coffee shop by sleazy soho agent johnny laurence harvey. Wolf mankowitzs crackling script is bristling with energy and abrasive. Dixie hears of bongo s 5050 deal with johnny, and passes this information to mayer. Harvey is great, cliff is perfect as the budding rock legend, and this film unveils the rock and roll scene in 1959 london.
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Includes all scenes that have been cut on every release. Expresso bongo is an unusual film, falling somewhere between west end musical and satiric showbusiness film. Waterhole expresso bongo appears on the album misplaced childhood. Bongo is also a hit with the young debutante set, who visit his dressing room. Internet download manager windows jdownloader windows and mac os x unrarextract software.
A bit dated, but that almost adds to the interest of the film. Despite berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, johnny starts him on the road to stardom. Cliff richard and the shadows wow the crowds in this toetapping brit beat classic, available on bfi dfe from 18. Where cliff richard stars as a english elvis, who is discovered by the quicktalking laurence harvey and set on his path to stardom. Equally liked and disliked by the folks in soho, from the bar owners to the strip club gals, he discovers a kid singing and playing bongos in a coffee house that gets the kids up and dance. Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in an uncredited dyaliscope and starring laurence harvey, cliff richard, and yolande donlan. A fasttalking wouldbe pop impresario leads a pageant of sleazy characters hoping to cash in on fresh talent in the 1959 british film expresso bongo, now available in the u.
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Johnny jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager bert. Johnny is always on, spewing a seemingly neverending sales pitch. Expresso bongo movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Download expresso bongo 1959 brrip xvid mp3xvid softarchive. It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958. Sylvia syms plays bongos, with cliff richard on guitar and laurence harvey on drums during the making of expresso bongo, directed by val guest and made at shepperton studios. Laurence harvey the manchurian candidate stars alongside cliff richard and yolande donlan in this satirical look at the music industry. Linscription est necessaire pour regarder le film en 1080p hd. Expresso bongo british board of film classification. Fortunately, the val guestdirected expresso bongo 1959 offers little of this. Aug 16, 2016 laurence harvey the manchurian candidate stars alongside cliff richard and yolande donlan in this satirical look at the music industry.