Pop Star’s Mother Aka Marty Wilde (1962)

Blackheath, London. L/S of a lady and a dog walking up to a garden gate, she goes through and walks up to the front door of a semi-detached house. M/S as she puts the key in the door, the number is ’66’. The camera pans up to a wooden sign with musical notes and ’Donna’ written in the middle. The narrator says this is the home of Mr and Mrs Smith, the parents of singer Marty Wilde, and it is named after one of his hits. Mrs Smith goes inside, C/U of the house sign. M/S of a record player with an LP playing on it. M/S of an electric guitar with ’Oh Boy!’ and ’Marty Wilde’ engraved on it. M/S of a photograph of Marty in action, playing the guitar and singing. M/S of a framed picture hanging up of Marty showing a guitar to Dame Sybil Thorndike. M/S of another photograph of Marty and his bride on their wedding day. L/S of Mrs Smith in her living room, she picks up a photograph of Marty from the mantelpiece and starts to dust it. M/S of the photograph. L/S as she walks to another part of the r