Betty Blokk-buster Follies

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Betty Blokk-buster Follies
Directed by Peter Batey (director)
Produced byEric Dare (executive)
Reg Livermore
Starring Reg Livermore
The Baxter Funt band
The Reginas
Release date
6 July 1976
Running time
120 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Betty Blokk-buster Follies is a 1976 Australian film based on Reg Livermore's popular one man show of the same period.

Contents

Characters include:

It was shot in the Bijou Theatre, Balmain, in late 1975. [2]

Soundtrack

Track listing

LP/Cassette
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tiller Girls" John Kander, Fred Ebb  
2."The Family of Man"Jack Conrad, Paul Williams 
3."Money, Money"Kander, Ebb 
4."Voice of Experience"Reg Livermore 
5."Hello in There"John Prine 
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Captain Jack" Billy Joel  
2."Last Cigarette"Sidney Charter 
3."Matrimony" Gilbert O'Sullivan  
4."A Little Bit of Love"Williams 
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What Makes a Man a Man" Charles Aznavour  
2."Long Tall Glasses" Leo Sayer  
3."The Entertainer"Joel 
4."Festival of Light"Livermore 
5."Walk on the Wild Side" Lou Reed  
6."Southern Fried" Harlan Leonard  
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Train" David Courtney, Sayer 
2."Travelling Prayer"Joel 
3."Celluloid Heroes" Ray Davies  
4."Silverbird"Sayer 
5."The Show Must Go On"Sayer 
6."You Are Yourself"Sayer 
7."S.O.L.O."Sayer 

Soundtrack chart

Chart (1975/76)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 15

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia5 November 2010 Festival Records L-45644

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References

  1. Webpage on the show at Reg Livermore's site
  2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 299
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.