It's The Age Of The Teenager 1958

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Full title reads: "It's The Age Of The Teenager".

Intertitle reads: "Squares, the Cats say you've had it at 20. No Hep, and you're not with it".

London.

Various shots of young people dancing at Jazz club. Shots of band playing.

LV Le Macabre Coffee House in Soho,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49453
Sort Number:
58/051
Time in/Out:
01:33:30:00 / 01:36:52:00
Canister:
58/51
Film ID:
1533.14
Issue Date:
26/06/1958

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  • "Le Macabre Coffee House in Soho" referred to was on Wardour Street.

    "Lady Lewisham", (as she was at the time of filming), was the daughter of novelist Barbara Cartland, and following her later marriage to Lord Spencer became stepmother to Princess Diana.

    jamied 30th May 2012

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