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Betty Blokk-buster Follies

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Betty Blokk-buster Follies
Directed byPeter Batey (director)
Produced byEric Dare (executive)
Reg Livermore
StarringReg Livermore
The Baxter Funt band
The Reginas
Release date
  • 6 July 1976 (1976-07-06)
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.

Characters include:

  • Betty Blokk-buster, a German maid who entertained the troops during the war;
  • an old man who recalls his youth as a male model
  • Vaseline Amyl Nitrate, a football star who joins the Australian ballet.[1]

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

Soundtrack

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Track listing

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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

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

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 5 November 2010 Festival Records L-45644

References

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  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.
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