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Bye Bye BirdieBye Bye Birdie (1963) Recommended
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh
Fluffy yet fabulous film version of the hit Broadway musical with rock 'n' roller Dick Van Dyke traveling to small town Ohio to make his final…
Live it Up!Live it Up! (Sing and Swing) (1963)
Dir. Lance Comfort
Feat. David Hemmings
Low–budget, but historically fascinating musical wraps some great mid–60s pop music around its slender plot. Hemmings plays a…
That Kind of GirlThat Kind of Girl (1963) Recommended
Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Margaret Rose Keil, David Weston, Linda Marlowe
Another gem rescued from obscurity by the BFI's Flipside label, this one deals with the hush–hush topic of venereal disease against a backdrop…
Yellow Teddybears, TheYellow Teddybears, The (Gutter Girls) (1963)
Dir. Robert Hartford-Davies
Feat. Annette Whiteley
Packaged as a sexploitation movie, this is actually an earnest message movie about illicit teenage sex, set in a girl's school where those that have…
Young Racers, TheYoung Racers, The (1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mark Damon, Patrick Magee
Teensploitation melodrama from the king of the drive–in cheapie about motor–racing rivalry. Some great racing footage and bratty…
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Deborah Walley, James Darren
Deborah Walley as teenage Gidget #3 says ‘aloha’ in this superfluous sequel.
Splendour in the GrassSplendour in the Grass (1961)
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle
Smitten teens work up considerable sexual frenzy when their respective families won't let them be together. Appropriately, it's the lurid scenes…
West Side StoryWest Side Story (1961) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
Young Ones, The / Summer HolidayYoung Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962) Recommended
Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows
A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
Beat GirlBeat Girl (1960) Aro Favourite
Dir. Edmond T. Greville
Feat. Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee
Providing a rare peek into the British 'beat scene', this groovy juvenile delinquency drama proves there was teenage wildlife before the Beatles, and…

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