BE MY GUEST (1965) ** Rather understated British efforts towards a rock 'n' roll movie. I guess it's not really possible to imagine that anyone found any of this outrageous, I'm sure they did but it's pretty much a bunch of forgettable acts doing forgettable songs, long since forgotten. Jerry Lee Lewis being the exception, obviously, and the ironic centerpiece being that Steve Marriott is one of the stars of the plot-such as it is-but never gets near a guitar or mic stand. Hmm, I see. It's all very confusing, the father denouncing the old fashioned signs about the place, yet insisting on treating his adult son as an infant. David Hemmings is in it, for fans of '60s things that did actually swing, and it's not without any modicum of charm. It's not a rock 'n' roll charm though, far from it, a bit, really, you know, mad auntie-like women and schoolboys a few minutes late and that sort of thing.
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