Sing Boy Sing (film)
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Sing Boy Sing is a 1958 American musical drama film released by 20th Century-Fox and starring newcomers Tommy Sands and Lili Gentle.
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Directed by | Henry Ephron |
Written by | Claude Binyon |
Based on | The Singin' Idol 1957 teleplay by Paul Monash |
Produced by | Henry Ephron |
Starring | Tommy Sands Lili Gentle Edmond O'Brien |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Edited by | William Mace |
Music by | Lionel Newman |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | February 5, 1958[1] |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $860,000[2] |
The film was an expansion of the January 1957 Kraft Television Theatre episode "The Singin' Idol," also starring Sands, who was billed by the studio as a new teen idol and plays an Elvis Presley-type singer.
The film was Gentle's only starring role, and her penultimate film appearance. 20th Century-Fox had plans to promote her as its new dashing redhead, but suitable roles for her did not materialize.[citation needed]
Sing, Boy, Sing was released in the United States in February 1958 to positive reviews, but performed poorly at the box office, though it did find some popularity with teenage audiences.[citation needed]
Sands' soundtrack of songs from the film was released in 1958[3] and produced a #24 hit on the Billboard singles chart with the title song.[4]