phantom of the opera (1943)

"And life here is like a resurrection."
Erique Claudin (Claude Rains) is a violinist with the Paris Opera, who is infatuated with promising young singer Christine Dubois (Susanna Foster). Unknown to her he spends his every last penny on lessons for her, but she doesn't know he even exists. She only has eyes for male lead Anatole (Nelson Eddie) and police inspector Raoul (Edgar Barrier). Then one day Claudin manages to get sacked, commit murder and get scalded with acid...From this point on he decides to dedicate himself to creating Christine into a star, even if it means more murders.
Lubin produces a sumptuous version of the classic, centred around the Susanna Foster, whom the entire male cast seems infatuated with!

hold on (1966)

aka There's No Place Like Space.
Herman's Hermits play themselves as they tour America. They are under constant watch by their manager (Bernard Fox), being followed by a would be starlet and a NASA scientist, after the astronauts kids voted to name the next rocket after the group. Then Peter Noone, (or Herman as they insist on calling him), meets and falls for Louise (Shelley Fabares).
As daft a film as it sounds! This was merely a way of cashing in on the popularity of the group in the US at the time, but has some fun moments. If you like their inoffensive 'bikini beat', and some of the corniest jokes ever, then you'll like this. Me I prefer their next film, Mrs Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter, where they had more personality and wit in the script. Bizarrely for a lad from Manchester Pete is obsessed with Brighton throughout the film, it was probably the only British seaside resort that the scriptwriters thought the audience would know of!