Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)

Every Day's a Holiday
Every Day's a Holiday
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Hill
Screenplay by	Anthony Marriott; Jeri Matos; James Hill
Produced by	Maurice J. Wilson; Ronald J. Kahn
Starring	John Leyton; Mike Sarne; Ron Moody; Grazina Frame; Freddie and the Dreamers
Cinematography	Nicholas Roeg
Edited by	Tristam Cones
Music by	Tony Osborne
Production; company	Maycroft Pictures Limited
Release date	4 January 1965;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Every Day's a Holiday (US title Seaside Swingers) is a 1965 British musical comedy film directed by James Hill and starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Ron Moody, Grazina Frame, and Freddie and the Dreamers.^[1] A group of teenagers take up jobs in a seaside resort for the summer.

Cast[edit]

John Leyton as Gerry Pullman
Mike Sarne as The Hon. Timothy Gilpin
Freddie and the Dreamers as The Chefs
Freddie Garrity as Chef Freddie (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Derek Quinn as Chef Danny (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Roy Crewdson as Chef Gustav (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Pete Birrell as Chef Sigmund (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Bernie Dwyer as Chef Henri (as Freddie and the Dreamers)
Ron Moody as Len Basto
Liz Fraser as Miss Slightly
Grazina Frame as Christina Barrington de Witt
Nicholas Parsons as Julian Goddard
Michael Ripper as Ernest Pulman
Hazel Hughes as Mrs. Barrington de Witt
Richard O'Sullivan as Jimmy Dainty
Tony Daines as Mike
Susan Baker as twin 1
Jennifer Baker as twin 2
Peter Gilmore as Kenneth
Charles Lloyd-Pack as Mr. Close
Patrick Newell as Mr. Hoskins
Gaby Vargas as Anne
Nicola Riley as little girl
Marion Grimaldi as television vision mixer
Coral Morphew as Serena
The Mojos as themselves

Production[edit]

It was filmed in and around Butlin's Clacton at Clacton-on-Sea.^{[citation needed]}

Music[edit]

Freddie & The Dreamers – "What's Cooking"
John Leyton & Mike Sarne & Grazina Frame – "Every Day's A Holiday"
John Leyton – "All I Want Is You"
Mike Sarne – "Love Me Please"
The Baker Twins – :Romeo Jones"
John Leyton & Grazina Frame – "A Boy Needs A Girl"
Freddie & The Dreamers – "Don't Do That To Me"
John Leyton & Mike Sarne & Grazina Frame & Susan Baker & Jennifer Baker & Richard O'Sullivan & Tony Daines – "Say You Do"
Mike Sarne – "Indubitably Me"
Grazina Frame – "Second Time Shy"
John Leyton – "Crazy Horse Saloon"
The Mojos – "Everything's Alright"

Critical reception[edit]

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "On the debit side are the near absence of plot, the heavy obviousness or leering suggestiveness of the humour, the over-acting of the older players in their trite roles, the embarrassing inability of many of the singers to dance more than a few easy steps, and the prolonged and irrelevant Wild West dream sequence. It is surprising, then, that this musical is quite attractive and entertaining. As co-author of the screenplay, James Hill may share in the responsibility for the film's failings, but as director he keeps it moving at a good pace, drops in some bright little visual jokes, sets up musical numbers unconventionally – for example during the camp toddlers' mass bath night – and quietly laughs at the real-life camp used as a background, notably during an amateur beauty contest. Nicolas Roeg's photography in Technicolor is a great strength, especially in the snappily edited final number. John Leyton has an engagingly melancholy personality, and in the other leading role Mike Sarne, as the languid Tim, is very funny. One is never sure, though, in the songs whether it is the film sending up the upper class Tim, or whether it is the pop lyrics that are being sent up by the cool Mr Sarne."^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Every Day's a Holiday". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Every Day's a Holiday". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 31 (360): 175. 1 January 1964 – via ProQuest.