The Dream Maker

1963

Action / Comedy / Music / Musical

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 96%
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 108 108

Plot summary

Tommy Steele stars as a talent-spotter at a recording company who determines to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands, in order that the orphanage where he was brought up be saved from closing.

Director

Don Sharp Photo
Don Sharp

Top cast

Janet Henfrey Photo
Janet Henfrey as April
John Barry Photo
John Barry as Self - Cameo appearance
Bruce Beeby Photo
Bruce Beeby as Announcer
Angela Douglas Photo
Angela Douglas as Julie Singleton
720p.BluRay
931.56 MB
1280*778
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 6 / 10

The Dream Maker

One of Don Sharp's first films in colour was this quickie vehicle for Tommy Steele which constituted one of Anglo-Amalgamated's more commercial ventures.Some earlier reviewers have criticised this film for featuring what then seemed like nine day wonders such as Shane Fenton long before he became a household name as Alvin Stardust; but seen today a record in colour of Stardust in his salad days is of archival values.On the dramatic front Michael Medwin plays the inevitable obtuse manager and Bernard Bresslaw the usual gormless crook three years before he and Angela Douglas were reunited in 'Carry On Screaming'.
Reviewed by sould 1 / 10

So dated even for 1963

With the Beatles taking over Britain in 1963 it's hard to imagine just what the makers of this film were trying to do, is it just a twee sentimental story of Tommy the orphan, is a love story or is it a pop movie?, if it's the latter then the film falls apart after the first reel, grade c acts such as Shane Fenton who as the above writer states went on to become a superstar in the 70s as Alvin Stardust is the only saving grace in this movie for me, it is incredibly dated even for 1963 when this type of film was well on the way out and teenagers just did'nt want to dig squares like the movie recording artists are, I have a feeling this was made possibly a couple of years earlier as it had no say on what was going on in 63 at all. A fairly dire film with some toe curling songs, avoid at all cost unless you like this sort of garbage.
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