The Dream Maker (1963)
"It's All Happening" (original title)

Billy Bowles (Tommy Steele) works in a recording studio. At weekends he helps out in the orphanage that he was brought up in... See full synopsis »

Director:

Don Sharp

Writer:

Leigh Vance

Stars:

Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin, Angela Douglas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Steele	...	Billy Bowles
Michael Medwin	...	Max Catlin
Angela Douglas	...	Julie Singleton
Jean Harvey	...	Delia
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Parsons
Walter Hudd	...	J.B. Magdeburg
John Tate	...	Julian Singleton
Janet Henfrey	...	April
Richard Goolden	...	Lord Sweatstone
Keith Faulkner	...	Mick
Edward Cast	...	Hugh
Anthony Dawes	...	Cyril Bong
Barbara Clegg	...	Miss Ventnor
Iris Russell	...	Nellie
Abril Ward	...	Penny

Storyline

Billy Bowles (Tommy Steele) works in a recording studio. At weekends he helps out in the orphanage that he was brought up in... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Musical | Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 1966 (Finland)

Also Known As:

The Dream Maker

Company Credits

Production Co:

K.N.P. Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last cinema film of Walter Hudd.

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Soundtracks

"The Dream Maker"
Music by Philip Green
Lyrics by Norman Newell

User Reviews

Possibly the best Steele movie

The film is well in the tradition of the classic Hollywood movie-a totally silly plot and great production numbers. Steele comes across as a convincing personality and unlike some of the Elvis musicals of the time he's not plugging his current single and in fact no one else is either. Marion Ryan performs a song which had no commercial possibilities being an extended production number on the lines of Sinatra's High Hopes and some of the other minor stars supposedly signed by EMI such as Dick Kallman and Johnny de Little never came to anything. Carole Deene appeared on a beach in the longest production number which also featured the stars of the George Mitchell Minstrels and this was one of the real highlights as the action switched from an office to a park.

Today a musical of such innocence couldn't exist but I would certainly rather watch one like this than Grease or Dirty Dancing In 1962 Tommy Steele recorded a version of Brook Benton's Hit Record which failed completely but was the kind of bragging song made in the 70s by David Essex ("Gonna make you a star").It would have served very well in this movie!