the golden disc (1958)

AKA The Inbetween Age.
"Why should they listen to our records, then go somewhere else to buy them."
Joan Farmer (Mary Steele) is a young woman who dreams of a singing career, but in the meantime she helps out her aunt who has just bought a coffee bar. With a couple of friends, Harry (Lee Patterson) and Terry (Terry Dene) they turn it into the trendiest place to be. Then her aunt has the bright idea of selling records alongside the coffee, and not just anyone's discs, but their own. Step forward Terry who proves a hit with the kids, but can they survive the cut-throat businessmen in the music industry?
A charmingly low budget look at the coffee bar scene of late 50's Britain, of the 'lets put on a show right here' type. Despite everything this is a fascinating look at a Britain on the cusp of a revolution where the coffee bars where just the start. First came Jazz, then skiffle, and rock n roll. It all led to a explosion that was to become the Beatles and the swinging sixties. Here we see the first faltering steps towards that new dawn, this truly was the inbetween age.