Title:
As Long As They're Happy / An Alligator Named Daisy
Artist:
Jeannie
Carson,
Diana
Dors,
Jack
Bucannan,
Jerry
Wayne
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1092
Barcode:
5055122110927
Release
Date:
7
May
2007
In
the
1950s
there
were
only
a
handful
of
films
produced
in
Britain
that
could
lay
any
claim
to
the
status
of
musical.
One
such
film
As
Long
As
They're
Happy
(1955)
starred
the
effervescent
Jean
Carson
(later
known
as
Jeannie
Carson).
Jeannie
had
become
a
star
overnight
in
her
1952
West
End
stage
appearance
in
the
hit
musical
Love
From
Judy.
With
an
original
score
by
American
composer
Sam
Coslow,
As
Long
As
Theyre
Happy
was
adapted
from
a
popular
stage
comedy
which
satirised
the
crying
crooner
phenomenon
of
the
period.
Jack
Buchanan,
star
of
the
original
West
End
production,
repeated
the
role
of
staid
London
stockbroker
John
Bently
whose
quiet
suburban
lifestyle
is
disrupted
when
his
youngest
daughter
Gwen
tricks
American
crooner
Bobby
Denver,
played
by
real-life
crooner
Jerry
Wayne,
into
visiting
her
home
in
Londons
Wimbledon
on
the
pretext
that
its
to
sign
a
film
contract
with
J.
Arthur
Rank.
Jeannie
Carson
plays
Pat,
the
other
daughter.
Musical
highlights
include
Carsons
show-stopping
number
My
Crazy
Little
Mixed-Up
Heart;
the
luscious
Diana
Dors
cavorting
with
Jack
Buchanan
in
the
Hokey-Pokey
Polka,
and
Buchanans
winning
performance
of
I
Dont
Know
Whether
To
Laugh
Or
To
Cry
Over
You
which
the
debonair
Buchanan
pulled
out
all
the
stops
with
ineffable
finesse.
Jeannie
Carsons
next
film
was
the
delightful
musical
comedy
An
Alligator
Named
Daisy,
a
film
she
co-starred
with
Donald
Sinden
and
Diana
Dors.
The
films
screwball
farce
is
enhanced
with
songs
by
Sam
Coslow
and
Paddy
Roberts.
They
include
the
finger-snapping
Crocodile
Crawl
performed
by
Ken
Mackintosh
and
his
Band,
and
Carsons
powerhouse
performance
of
In
Love
For
The
Very
First
Time.
Jeannie
went
to
America
where
she
won
a
starring
role
in
the
NBC
television
musical
Heidi
which
aired
on
October
1,
1955.
Heidi
was
adapted
for
the
small
screen
by
Neil
Simon,
and
songs
include
Greener
Pastures
performed
by
Carson,
which
today
she
singles
out
as
being
a
personal
favourite,
and
I'm
In
Love
With
Me
performed
by
co-star
Robert
Clary.
Naturally
these
rare
gems
are
contained
on
this
CD
along
with
a
selection
of
Jeannie
Carson's
commercial
recordings
from
the
1950s.
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