Gerry Marsden will be commemorating 50 years of an iconic film’s release next month.

The movie Ferry Cross the Mersey, which also featured Cilla Black, was shot in Liverpool and Wirral.

A young Gerry is seen riding around Merseyside on his scooter and boarding the ferry boat Mountwood with the docks as a backdrop.

The singer-songwriter and leader of his Pacemakers Merseybeat group starred in the critically-acclaimed 1965 production and wrote the famous theme song as well as other material.

He will attend a charity screening fund-raiser for Clapperboard UK which is celebrating its tenth year helping youngsters to make films under the directorship of Maureen Sinclair.

Gerry, who has lived in Wirral for many years, also will be interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Spencer Leigh.

A specially-invited audience at the Museum of Liverpool will then enjoy a rare screening in collaboration with Apple Corp UK, the Liverpool Film Office and National Museums Liverpool.

The film, which was produced by Beatles manager Brian Epstein, is a lively look at the Merseybeat scene of the 60s.

The musical tells the tale of art students by day and musicians by night whose lives are changed when they enter a local talent contest.

He has been singing the Ferry theme song nearly every night over the past five decades and says he never tires of it - and happily neither do audiences all over the world.

Gerry, 72, who wrote nine songs for the movie said: “I am delighted to be associated with raising money for the Clapperboard Youth project on the film’s 50th anniversary.”

There is one significant edit to the anniversary screening.

A scene has been removed from the ending featuring Jimmy Savile who made a brief guest appearance as himself.