The first of the aip beach party movies featuring bikini babes, hot rods, surfing and vinatge southern california charm. Beach party 1963 stream and watch online moviefone. This film is often credited with creating the beach party film genre. You can watch beach party online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Muscle beach party is the second of seven beach party films produced by american international pictures. The beginning of summer is a good time to watch a film like beach party, which is brought to you by american international pictures. Beach party 1963 american international pictures beach party 1963 initiated one of the shortest film series on record seven movies in just over two years but these films mirrored a specific fad in american pop culture in a surprisingly freewheeling and selfreflexive manner. Cappys place in this film and big daddys club in the preceding beach party is a reference to southern california beach coffeehouses in general and cafe frankenstein in particular. Long stretch of socal coast from the opening of beach party, 1963, leading into frankie frankie avalon and dolores annette funicello in a convertible singing beach party by gary usher and roger christian view the tcmdb entry for beach party 1963. In the summer of 1987, two of the nations oldest film franchises went. Surf party is a 1964 beach party film directed by maury dexter and starring bobby vinton, patricia morrow, jackie deshannon, and ken miller. I mostly just skipped through and watched the dance party scenes, the scenes of the real malibu surfers, and the bits where dick dale mimes to real dick dale solos. The films were usually filmed in paradise cove in malibu, ca, in the dead of winter.
Funicello moved on from disney to become a teen idol, starring in a series of beach party movies with frankie avalon for american international pictures. With frankie avalon, annette funicello, luciana paluzzi, john ashley. It also notable for being one of the few films in the genre shot in black and white. The beach gang goes headtohead with the bodybuilders of a new gym thats interfering with their strip on the sand. Connie francis remembers when one of the first beach party movies, where the boys are, set off a virtual tsunami in the florida town where it was filmed. Remembering back to the beach, the beach party movies last. The first of the five official americaninternational beach. 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. Original theatrical trailer for the classic beach adventure. Annette funicello and frankie avalon in muscle beach party, 1964. Beach party was a 1963 was a 1963 american film directed by william asher. Muscle beach party 1963 movie clip surfers holiday.
Released august 7th, 1963, beach party stars bob cummings, dorothy malone, frankie avalon, annette funicello the movie has a runtime of about 1. Beach party movies were an american film genre of feature films produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by american international pictures. Give it a shot before turning up your nose to all beach films. Professor bob cummings is an anthropologist who uses a telescope to study the mating habits of teenagers, namely frankie avalon and annette funicello. In addition to the aip films, several contributions to the genre were produced and released by major and independent. Paradise cove safe again for beach blanket bingo garrett. The original movies beach scenes were done at leo carrillo state beach. All the movies are pretty corny, but they present nice, mindless fun. The house has been demolished, but the ancient cedar trees look much the same as they did in the birds. The surfing teens led by frankie and dee dee dont have much sex. Susan hart claimed second unit footage was later shot where her legs were substituted by another persons. The first of the five official americaninternational beach party movies. Beach party is a film directed by william asher with robert cummings, dorothy malone, frankie avalon, annette funicello, year. Starring frankie avalon and annette funicello, and.
Sutwell robert cummings takes dolores annette funicello up in the air for a flight in a small plane. While gidget 1959 started the beach film craze and lead to beach party, this 1963 hit also began what everyone now knows as frankie and annette beach films. The first day of filming that surprise hit, they shot a scene in which avalon and funicello arrive at their beach house. In addition to the aip films, several contributions to the genre were produced and released by major and. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It is notable for the musical acts showcased onscreen, as well as for being the first direct imitation of aips hit beach party, which was released six months earlier.
He selects frankie and annette as his subjects of study. Starring frankie avalon and annette funicello, and also featuring music by dick dale. State beach, was repaired by the film crew and used for exterior shots, including the childrens birthday party and the end of the film. The other films in this series are beach party 1963, muscle beach party 1964, bikini beach 1964, beach blanket bingo 1965, how to stuff a wild bikini 1965, and the ghost in the invisible bikini 1966. It has elements of the beach party genre aips beach party became a smash hit in july, while warner bros. It stars frankie avalon and annette funicello and was directed by william asher, who also directed four other films in this series dick dale and the deltones and stevie wonder appear in musical numbers, the latter aged thirteen and making his film debut, billed as little stevie wonder.
Beach party dvd 1963 movi e dick dale and the deltones. Quel philistines so at this azusa teen club recreation center, the said beach boys were filmed by a fellow named dale smallin. Guys showing up at the theater in black leather jackets and greaseddown hair will receive 50 percent off on cokes and hamburgers. The living daylights, released two years after a view to a kill. With this film, aip is credited with creating the genre. See more ideas about annette funicello, frankie avalon and beach party 1963.
In 1963, beach party, the first official beach party movie, was released and. Mgm anthropologist bob cummings is used to studying primitive natives, but hes got the hot idea to study todays surfin teens on summer vacation, which he is pretty sure is the same thing. Also, i watched the entire stevie wonder bit in muscle beach party. The summer box office was riddled with beach party films. Local beach goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders. Anthropology professor robert orwell sutwell and his secretary marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers.
A beach party film is a genre of film primarily in the 1960s where the main focus andor central theme of the film is based around a beach party primarily occupied by teenagers. The press tactic used to make moviegoers see the film. The dragsters used in the drag racing scenes shot at pomona raceway were very popular and successful at the time. Beach party is colorful nonsense, but its a lot of fun and has laughoutloud funny moments. Beach party 1963 cast and crew dolores annette funicello and frankie frankie avalon, attractive young surfers in southern california, are just out for a good time. The typical plot of a beach party film revolves around lighthearted beach related fun and in some films someone trying to stop it. Beach party 1963 was the first of the five summerthemed films to hit theaters. The thing i found really captivating from the films at this point was the dancing in the dance party scenes. Pajama party is a 1964 beach party film starring tommy kirk and annette funicello.
Marine laboratory in the sonoma coast state beach, was repaired by the film crew and used for exterior shots, including the childrens birthday party and the end of the film. This is the second and last time avalon or any other teenager in the cast smokes cigarettes onscreen in the series the surgeon general s report on smoking was released on january 11, 1964, while. Beach party stars bob cummings as an anthropologist studying teenage mating habits. The surfing teens led by frankie and dee dee dont have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats. These started with beach party 1963, which was so successful american international pictures signed funicello to a sevenyear contract and starred her in a series of beach party movies funicello gueststarred on. It was the first of several beach party films from american international pictures aip aimed at a teen audience. In the summer of 1987, two of the nations oldest film franchises went toetotoe at the box office. Beach party movies were an american film genre of feature films produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by american international pictures aip, beginning with their surprise hit, beach party in july 1963. It brought back a wave of memories from the very first beach party film. Frankie avalon et annette funicello extrait du film beach party 1963.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1963 movies 1963. With robert cummings, dorothy malone, frankie avalon, annette funicello. Beach party movies were an american subgenre of feature films produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by american international pictures aip, beginning with their surprise hit, beach party in july 1963. William asher american international pictures 98 min. This is the fourth in a series of seven beach films produced by american international pictures. The beach used for the volleyball scenes and donna lorens among the young song is paradise cove in malibu. The cocreator and writer of beach party died of brain cancer during the editing of the first film. As tim lucas notes in the magazine video watchdog, the beach party movies. We start out with a look at beach party, the 1963 film that kicked off the beach movie trend and also introduced the pairing of frankie avalon and annette funicello. They would team up with brian to cowrite songs for the next surfer movie muscle beach party brian wilson has an uncredited extra role in this one. Fun facts about the 1960s beach party films letty rydell.
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