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1. Beach Party. 1963 1h 41m Approved. 5.7 (2.4K) Rate. A bearded anthropologist studies the habits of swingin' American teens while they enjoy the summer surfing, loving, and partying at the beach. Director William Asher Stars Robert Cummings Dorothy Malone Frankie Avalon. Starring Frankie & Annette. 2. Muscle Beach Party. 1964 1h 35m Approved.
- Beach Party
- Muscle Beach Party
- Bikini Beach
- Pajama Party
- Beach Blanket Bingo
- How to Stuff A Wild Bikini
- Ghost in The Invisible Bikini
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In 1963, Beach Party, the first official "beach party" movie, was released and became a box-office smash. It starred the most popular beach party couple: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. (Oddly, Frankie always played a character named "Frankie," but Annette was inevitable dubbed either "Didi" or "Dolores.") Frankie was already well into his tw...
Beach Party was followed quickly by three more beach party films in 1964: Muscle Beach Party, Pajama Party. The first two were pretty much just more formula films starring Frankie and Annette. The main claim to fame for Muscle Beach Partyis that it was the official big screen debut of "little" Stevie Wonder. The beach party films became showcases f...
The third movie, Bikini Beach, has a slight (very uneasy) twist: Frankie plays dual roles, that of "Frankie" and also a bizarre "rock star" known as "The Potato Bug." Obviously a take-off of the new musical sensations, The Beatles (beetles, potato bug... get the gag?), Frankie's "Potato Bug" had a mustache, glasses, and a very cheesy British accent...
The third beach party movie of 1964, Pajama Party, is notable mainly because former Disney actor Tommy Kirk took over the "Frankie" role as Annette's boyfriend. Frankie makes only a few brief cameos, and Kirk is definitely a weak fill-in. As if poor Tommy Kirk didn't have a hard enough time fitting in, in Pajama Partyhe plays a Martian (!) who come...
The beach party movie genre reached its apogee in 1965 with what is almost unanimously regarded as the finest beach party film, Beach Blanket Bingo. The film is both funny and, at times, quite touching. (I swear!) It features Frankie singing his best beach party song, "These are the Good Times," and also features a young Don Rickles with a glimpse ...
In 1965's How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Frankie appears for only 6 minutes. (He may have been getting bored; he was also growing a bit long in the tooth to play the perennial chipper "teenage" surfer boy.) In his place is Dwayne Hickman (of "Dobie Gillis" TV fame) but, like Tommy Kirk, Hickman just can't fill Frankie's shoes. How to Stuff a Wild Biki...
The final classic beach party film was 1966's Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Though there was no Frankie, no Annette, no surfing, and no beaches, this very bizarre movie is still considered the last of the "beach party" films. Featuring the great Boris Karloff in one of his final roles, the movie is about a bikini-sporting ghost who is a guardian a...
Learn about the seven official beach party movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, the most popular couple of the 1960s surfing genre. Discover the plots, the songs, the gags, and the stars of these low-budget but high-spirited films.
Frankie Avalon, star of Beach Party, 1963. The beach party film is an American film genre of feature films which were produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by American International Pictures (AIP), beginning with their surprise hit, Beach Party , in July 1963.
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in this 1965 comedy musical romance about skydiving, singing and love. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs and more on IMDb.
- (3.2K)
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- William Asher
- 1965-04-14
Aug 7, 1987 · Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello reunite in this 1987 comedy musical as a married couple who revisit their beach-party days in California. The film features surfing, romance, comedy and nostalgia, as well as cameos from other stars of the genre.
- (3.4K)
- Comedy, Musical
- Lyndall Hobbs
- 1987-08-07
Beach Party is a 1963 American film and the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures (AIP) aimed at a teen audience. This film is often credited with creating the beach party film genre.
Beach Blanket Bingo is a 1965 American beach party film directed by William Asher. It is the fifth film in the Beach Party film series. The film stars Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Evans, Deborah Walley, Paul Lynde, and Don Rickles. Earl Wilson and Buster Keaton appear. [3]
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