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Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!

Original title: It's Trad, Dad!
  • 19621962
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
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5.9/10
396
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Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
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ComedyMusical
Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor.
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    • Richard Lester
    • Milton Subotsky
  • Stars
    • Helen Shapiro
    • Craig Douglas
    • John Leyton
    • Richard Lester
    • Milton Subotsky
  • Stars
    • Helen Shapiro
    • Craig Douglas
    • John Leyton
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    • 24User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Craig Douglas and Helen Shapiro in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Richard Lester and Helen Shapiro in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Acker Bilk and Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Temperance Seven in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Sounds Incorporated in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson, and Chris Barber's Jazz Band in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Craig Douglas and Helen Shapiro in Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)

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    Helen Shapiro
    Helen Shapiro
    • Helen
    Craig Douglas
    • Craig
    John Leyton
    John Leyton
    • Self
    The Brook Brothers
    • Themselves
    Chubby Checker
    Chubby Checker
    • Self
    Del Shannon
    Del Shannon
    • Self
    Gary U.S. Bonds
    Gary U.S. Bonds
    • Self
    • (as Gary [U.S.] Bonds)
    Gene Vincent
    • Self
    Gene McDaniels
    Gene McDaniels
    • Self
    The Paris Sisters
    • Themselves
    • (as Paris Sisters)
    The Dukes of Dixieland
    • Themselves
    • (as Dukes Of Dixieland)
    Chris Barber
    • Self
    Chris Barber's Jazz Band
    • Themselves
    Ottilie Patterson
    • Self
    Acker Bilk
    • Self
    • (as Mr. Acker Bilk)
    Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
    • Themselves
    • (as Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band)
    Kenny Ball
    • Self
    Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
    • Themselves
    • (as Kenny Ball's Jazzmen)
      • Richard Lester
      • Milton Subotsky
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    • Trivia
      This was the first feature film directed by Richard Lester.
    • Goofs
      When Acker Bilk's band is playing "In a Persian Market", the drummer twice hits the cymbals, yet we never hear it.
    • Quotes

      Alan Freeman: Hi there, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome once again to our weekly show. Something old, Something new. And first tonight, something new from Gene Vincent and "A Spaceship to Mars."

      Gene Vincent: [singing] I want to get you on a spaceship to Mars, And hold you and I'll squeeze you as we fly through the stars, But when I think of those light years we can spend alone, zooming through the atmosphere from zone to zone, But I tell you honey, life can be sunny, cause you're mine, all mine...

    • Connections
      Featured in Bandstand: Episode dated 17 November 1962 (1962)
    • Soundtracks
      Lonely City
      (uncredited)

      Written by Geoff Goddard

      Performed by John Leyton

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    It's Not Bad, Dad
    This was the first effort of British director Richard Lester (credited here as "Dick Lester") and it's an enjoyable-enough museum piece that tries to cash in on the fleeting popularity of Dixieland jazz among British teeners. To hedge his bets, Lester brought in a few American rock n' roll hold-overs -- Gary U.S. Bonds, Chubby Checker and Del Shannon. Their presence gives the movie a decidedly uneven feel, but there's a great deal of energy at work, and everybody seems to be having a good time.

    The movie is a bit like "A Hard Day's Night" in its unrelentingly goofy sense of humor, and in how a very skeletal plot is used to string together a series of unrelated musical numbers.

    By the following year, the Beatles had swept all these acts into the unemployment line, but this is a great example of the British rock n' roll movie of the antedeluvian era.
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    • Release date
      • September 1962 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Amicus Productions
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    • 1 hour 18 minutes
      • Black and White

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