Because They're Young
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Because They're Young is a 1960 film from Columbia Pictures
, starring Dick Clark as Neil Hendry, an American
high school
teacher who tries to make a difference in the lives of his students. The film co-starred Tuesday Weld
, Warren Berlinger
, Roberta Shore
, Doug McClure
, and Victoria Shaw. It was directed by Paul Wendkos
. The screenplay was based on Harrison High, a novel
by John Farris
. The campus and classroom scenes were shot at Hoover High School, Glendale, CA. Most of the buildings were later torn down and replaced with a more contemporary look in the mid-1960s to comply with California's building codes for schools.
Musicians Duane Eddy
and James Darren
had cameo
roles in the movie, whose title song became the biggest hit record
of Eddy's career. Though not appearing himself, Bobby Rydell
's "Swingin' School" was featured prominently in the movie's soundtrack
.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
, starring Dick Clark as Neil Hendry, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
teacher who tries to make a difference in the lives of his students. The film co-starred Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld is an American actress.Weld began her acting career as a child, and progressed to more mature roles during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960...
, Warren Berlinger
Warren Berlinger
Warren Berlinger is an American character actor, with both Broadway runs and over a thousand television appearances to his credit.-Personal life:...
, Roberta Shore
Roberta Shore
Roberta Jymme Schourop , better known as Roberta Shore, is an American actress and performer, most famous for her youthful television and movie roles in the 1950s and early 1960s....
, Doug McClure
Doug McClure
Douglas Osborne "Doug" McClure was an American actor whose career in film and television extended from the 1950s to the 1990s...
, and Victoria Shaw. It was directed by Paul Wendkos
Paul Wendkos
Paul Wendkos was an American television and film director....
. The screenplay was based on Harrison High, a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by John Farris
John Farris
John Lee Farris is an American writer, known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris and Eleanor Carter Farris . Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern...
. The campus and classroom scenes were shot at Hoover High School, Glendale, CA. Most of the buildings were later torn down and replaced with a more contemporary look in the mid-1960s to comply with California's building codes for schools.
Musicians Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young"...
and James Darren
James Darren
James William Ercolani , known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.-Career:...
had cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
roles in the movie, whose title song became the biggest hit record
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
of Eddy's career. Though not appearing himself, Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"...
's "Swingin' School" was featured prominently in the movie's soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
.