Die Tommy Steele Story (1957)
49KDie Tommy Steele Story: Directed by Gerard Bryant. With Tommy Steele, Humphrey Lyttelton, Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey. This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock’n’roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice. He becomes famous anyway !!
“A fictionalised account of the rise to fame of surely the most cheerful, amiable and exuberant star in the business, Tommy Steele. There is nothing about a manager trying to turn him into Elvis Presley, but mainly musical numbers, including the amusing Cannibal Pot, though some of the others sound rather the same. Clearly made on a very low budget – scenes supposedly on a ship appear to have been shot in a church hall – I wonder what they made of it in the US where it was released under the misleading title Rock Around the World.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are a couple of calypsos from Tommy Eytle and his band, Nancy Whiskey sings Freight Train and thereu0026#39;s a rare chance to see the great Humphrey Lyttelton and his band performing Bermondsey Bounce, written especially for the film in tribute to its star.”
