Davy (film)

Davy is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was the last comedy to be made by Ealing Studios and had the distinction of being the first British film in Technirama. "Davy" was intended to launch the solo career of Harry Secombe, who was already a popular British radio personality on "The Goon Show", but it was only moderately successful.
Plot.
A young entertainer is conflicted over the chance of a big break. He has to decide whether to remain with his family's music hall act or to go solo.
Main cast.
Peter Frampton, who plays young Tim, was the son of Harry Frampton, makeup artist for many years at Ealing including in this film. Peter would eventually follow in his father's footsteps and worked as his assistant on several films, including Hitchcock's "Frenzy" (1972). In 1995, Peter Frampton won the Oscar for Best Makeup for "Braveheart". He remembered his filming on "Davy" fondly, as "it meant time off school and (getting the) star treatment." 
Reception.
Box office.
According to MGM records, the film earned only $40,000 in the US and Canada and $265,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $279,000.
Critical.
"TV Guide" called the film a "pleasant if unimpressive drama" ; "Britmovie" wrote, " stylistically the film is an awkward combination of broad farce, Secombe having made his name as one of the denizens of the celebrated Goon Show, and awkward, turgid scenes of moral conflict" ; while "Allmovie" noted, "a stellar supporting cast enables "Davy" to overcome its occasional banalities and cliches." 