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Live It Up! (1963)

Live It Up! poster
Directed by
Lance Comfort
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
U
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young musicians try to make it in the music scene. They play in bands and get involved with a TV talent competition.

energeticlivelyyouthfullight-heartedupbeatmusicalnostalgicbreezy

What happens

Live It Up! (U.S. title: Sing and Swing) is a 1963 British musical second feature ('B') film directed by Lance Comfort and starring David Hemmings, featuring Gene Vincent, Jenny Moss, the Outlaws, Patsy Ann Noble, the Saints, Heinz Burt and Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. The film also featured Steve Marriott (later singer and guitarist with Small Faces and Humble Pie), and Mitch Mitchell, later the drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was written by Lyn Fairhurst and filmed at Pinewood Studios. Two years later, Hemmings and Comfort followed up with the sequel Be My Guest, also directed by Comfort. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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