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The 7 Original Beach Party Films (& the 1987 satirical follow up) with Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello. Frankie & Annette co-star together in 5 of the films, Frankie stars in 2 of the films with Annette appearing in only a cameo, and Annette stars in 1 of the films with Frankie appearing in only a few scenes.
In early 1987, at around 45 years old, Funicello reunited with Frankie Avalon for a series of promotional concerts to promote their film Back to the Beach. She began to experience dizziness, headaches, and balance issues and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis .
Apr 10, 2013 · American sweetheart Annette Funicello sparkled on-screen with Frankie Avalon and the one-time teen idol says his dear friend deserves to be in a better place. Avalon said, "For at least the...
- BEACH PARTY (1963) 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.
- MUSCLE BEACH PARTY (1964) 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.
- BIKINI BEACH (1964) 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."
- PAJAMA PARTY (1964) 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.
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Aug 7, 1987 · Back to the Beach: Directed by Lyndall Hobbs. With Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley. Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.
