Live It Up! | |
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Directed by | Lance Comfort |
Written by | Lyn Fairhurst (original story and screenplay) |
Starring | Musical guests: Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen Gene Vincent, Patsy Ann Noble Acting roles: David Hemmings, Jenny Moss, Steve Marriott, John Mitchell, Dave Clark |
Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Music by | Joe Meek (songs) |
Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | England |
Language | English |
Live It Up! (U.S. title: Sing and Swing) is a 1963 British musical 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),[1] and Mitch Mitchell, later the drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Two years later, Hemmings and Comfort followed up with the sequel Be My Guest.