Cliff in Color!: The Technicolor Musicals of Cliff Richard, 1961-1964

Three-disc set includes: The Young Ones (1961)Once in every lifetime comes a Cliff Richard musical like this, with the British pop idol playing Nicky Black, a lad out to stop millionaire land developer father Hamilton (Robert Morley) from destroying a local youth center. Cliff raises the cash to buy the land with a rock-and-roll show, but other complications ensue, including the kidnapping of the elder Black by one of Nicky's fans. With The Shadows, Carole Gray and Teddy Greene. Songs include "The Young Ones," "What Do You Know We've Got a Show" and "We Say Yeah." AKA: "Wonderful to Be Young." 108 min. C/Rtg: NR Summer Holiday (1963)British pop star Cliff Richard stars with his group The Shadows in this pleasing musical comedy caper in which four mechanics travel in a double-decker bus across Europe. During a trial run, they smash into a car carrying an all-girl musical trio, then decide to take them to Athens. During the tune-filled trip, the lads also encounter an American girl singer posing as a boy, talkative French mimes and more. Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes and Ron Moody co-star; directed by Peter Yates. Songs include "Bachelor Boy," "Dancing Shoes" and the title track. 108 min. C/Rtg: NR Wonderful Life (1964)Having been fired from their jobs on a ferry, Johnnie (Cliff Richard) and his bandmates (played by Cliff's backing group, The Shadows) find themselves on the Canary Islands where they get mixed up with an eccentric filmmaker (Walter Slezak). Johnnie is hired as a stuntman and is soon wooing a beautiful actress (Susan Hampshire) while he and the fellas try to turn the movie-a boring desert picture-into an upbeat musical. Songs include "A Girl in Every Port," "On the Beach," "Do You Remember," and more. 109 min. AKA: "Swinger's Paradise." C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); more.