Beach Party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films which often starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. They were originally intended as a low-budget imitation of both the Elvis Presley musical and the Doris Day sex comedy, aimed at the teen market, but they ended up taking on a life of their own. The "classic" series was produced by American International Pictures, and imitated in turn by numerous other studios. The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... Funicello on the Mickey Mouse Club. ... Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... Elvis redirects here. ... Doris Day Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ... American International Pictures was formed in 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, dedicated to releasing independently produced, low-budget films, primarily of interest to the teenagers of the 1950s. ...

Ironically, Annette Funicello was still under contract to Walt Disney in 1963 and Disney's lawyers threatened to sue AIP if their now voluptuous star appeared in Beach Party, or any of the other films, in a bikini. AIP capitulated — an unimaginable act for the company prior to this, before the stakes were raised. Annette would not only not wear a bikini in the films, she would spend a surprising amount of her screen time repressing the sexuality of the other kids, an odd angle indeed for the once exuberantly permissive and exploitative AIP. Funicello on the Mickey Mouse Club. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... There are arguably two surf movie genres. ... See Afghan Islamic Press for the Pakistan based news agency. ... See Afghan Islamic Press for the Pakistan based news agency. ...

In another rather ironic twist, none of the principal actors were actually teenagers. Frankie Avalon was 26, married and had children when he made "Beach Blanket Bingo. Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... Beach Blanket Bingo is a beach movie made in the year 1965. ...

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Typical storylines

The storylines typically revolved around boyfriend and girlfriend Frankie and Annette trying to make one another jealous with newcomers, as they and their friends had adventures (on and off the beach), with someone breaking into song every few minutes. The main cast usually had running roles (though their character names sometimes changed from picture to picture), and with the exception of Muscle Beach Party, the usual "villains" of the story were biker Eric Von Zipper (played by comic actor Harvey Lembeck as a parody of Marlon Brando in The Wild One) and his inept gang the "Rat Pack", or "Rats & Mice" (which included Alberta Nelson, of The Andy Griffith Show). Muscle Beach Party is the second of the Beach Party films. It was made in 1964 by American International Pictures and was directed by William Asher. ... Late nebbishy Jewish sidekick and comedic actor who began acting in 1951 and ended his career in 1982, a few years before he died. ... Marlon Brando at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C Marlon Brando, Jr. ... What are you rebelling against? What have you got? The Wild One (1953) was the very first outlaw biker film, also made memorable by the youthful Marlon Brando playing gang leader Johnny Stabler. ... Alberta Nelson is an American television actress. ... The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ...

Cameo actors

Another feature to the series was its unending series of cameo appearances by longtime actors (such as Buster Keaton,Vincent Price, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Lamour, and Peter Lorre in his last film appearance), plus musical guest-stars like Stevie Wonder, Donna Loren, The Kingsmen, and surf-n-car groups The Pyramids, The Hondells, and Dick Dale and his Del-Tones. Original songs performed by the cast were largely written by Gary Usher and Roger Christian, or by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner. 2002 Lincoln cent, obverse, proof with cameo Cameo is a method of carving, or an item of jewelry made in this manner. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Vincent Price on Broadway as Mr. ... Lanchester in Naughty Marietta Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, California) was an Oscar-nominated English/American character actress. ... Boris Karloff. ... Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ... Peter Lorre, 1946, by Yousuf Karsh Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964), born Ladislav (László) Löwenstein, was a stage and screen actor of Austrian descent especially known for playing roles with sinister overtones in Hollywood crime films and mysteries. ... Stevie Wonder is the stage name of Stevland Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Judkins[1]), an American singer, songwriter, producer, musician, and social activist. ... The Kingsmen were a rock band from Portland, Oregon who rose suddenly to fame with their recording of Richard Berrys Louie, Louie. ... The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived [1], constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilisation. ... The Hondells, product of producer Gary Usher, formed in 1964. ... Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Mansour on May 4, 1937, in Quincy, Massachusetts) is a pioneer of surf rock and one of the most influential guitarists of the early 1960s. ... Gary Usher (born December 14, 1938; died May 25, 1990) was an American surf rock musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Roger Christian is a lyricist who penned several songs for The Beach Boys, mostly on the topic of cars, including Ballad of Ole Betsy, Car Crazy Cutie, Cherry, Cherry Coupe, Don’t Worry Baby, In The Parkin Lot, Little Deuce Coupe, No-Go Showboat, Shut Down and Spirit of America...

Production staff

Toni Basil served as choreographer for many of the movies' dance sequences (also appearing onscreen), and several future or up-and-coming stars (Teri Garr, Don Rickles, Bobbi Shaw, Dan Haggerty, Meredith MacRae, and members of the Beach Boys) appeared in supporting roles or as extras. Silent-movie star Buster Keaton had featured roles in several of the movies. Don Weis and William Asher directed most of the series, with Asher's then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery making a voice cameo in Bikini Beach, and appearing on camera in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini. Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a musician, video artist and choreographer. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... Teri Garr (born December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actor. ... Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926, New York City, New York) is an American comedian, film actor, and voice actor. ... Dan Haggerty was the burly, bearded star of TVs Grizzly Adams. He was born in Hollywood, growing up amidst the Southern California bodybuilding lifestyle. ... Meredith MacRae (born May 30, 1944 in Houston, Texas, died July 14, 2000 in Manhattan Beach, California) was an American actress. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... William Asher (born 8 August 1921) is an American producer, director and writer. ... Elizabeth Montgomery. ... Television quiz show featuring a bikini-clad female in a studio beach. ... How to stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 Beach Party film. ...

Example films

The final entry in the original series was The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, released in 1966. The end credits for another AIP Avalon comedy, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) reveal that the original title planned for this film was The Girl in the Glass Bikini, and that Funicello and Avalon were slated to appear. However, Funicello and Avalon both passed (appearing instead in the car-racing themed Fireball 500), and the leads in The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini were played by Tommy Kirk and Deborah Walley, with an almost all-new supporting cast (including singer Nancy Sinatra). This time the "formula" didn't work, the movie bombed, and the series was retired by AIP, who followed up Fireball 500 with another racing film, Thunder Alley, also starring Funicello. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini was the seventh (and last) of the American International Pictures Beach Party films and was released in 1966. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... sounds like a good film http://www. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Tommy Kirk (born December 10, 1941 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former American child actor, and later a businessman and adult actor. ... Deborah Walley (August 12, 1943 – May 10, 2001) was an American actress Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. ... Nancy Sandra Sinatra Jr (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. ...

Avalon and Funicello starred in Back to the Beach in 1987, playing off their original roles and subsequent careers. The movie became a hit, and there was talk of making a sequel, but with the beginning of Funicello's trouble with multiple sclerosis, this never came to be. Back to the Beach is a 1987 comedy film starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, directed by Lyndall Hobbs. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 1996 movie That Thing You Do! touches briefly on the "Beach Party" phenomenon, with the Wonders making an appearance in a fictional beach-party movie. A 2001 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch also paid homage to the series, with Avalon appearing as himself. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... That Thing You Do! is the name of a 1996 film, written and directed by Tom Hanks. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Titles in the series were:

• Beach Party (1963) (also starring Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone and Morey Amsterdam)
• Muscle Beach Party (1964) (with Peter Lupus, Luciana Paluzzi and Buddy Hackett)
• Bikini Beach (1964) (with Keenan Wynn and Martha Hyer)
• Pajama Party (1964) (with Jesse White and Ben Lessy)
• Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) (with Paul Lynde, Linda Evans, Marta Kristen and Timothy Carey)
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) (with Mickey Rooney, Beverly Adams, Len Lesser, Irene Tsu and Brian Donlevy)
• The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) (with Basil Rathbone, Benny Rubin and Francis X. Bushman)

There were other films that touched on (and tried to cash in on) the Beach Party film formula, notably Ski Party (1965) (with Dwayne Hickman, Yvonne Craig, Lesley Gore and James Brown) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) (with Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon). There are arguably two surf movie genres. ... The Bob Cummings Show was an American television sitcom which was produced from 1955 to 1959. ... Promotional photo for Malone Dorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925) is an American actress. ... Morey Amsterdam on Match Game 73. ... Muscle Beach Party is the second of the Beach Party films. It was made in 1964 by American International Pictures and was directed by William Asher. ... Peter Lupus is an American bodybuilder and actor, born June 17, 1932. ... Luciana Paluzzi as the seductive and deadly Fiona Volpe in Thunderball. ... Buddy Hackett showing his love to Herbie, the Love Bug, from Disneys The Love Bug (1969). ... Television quiz show featuring a bikini-clad female in a studio beach. ... Wynn in Warning Shot (1967) Keenan Wynn (27 July 1916 – 14 October 1986) was an American character actor and member of a well-known show-business family. ... Martha Hyer (born August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. ... Pajama Party is a Beach Party film that was made in 1964 starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. ... Jesse White (January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American character actor who played many roles in television, film and on stage. ... Beach Blanket Bingo is a beach movie made in the year 1965. ... Paul Lynde Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1927 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian and actor. ... Linda Evans Linda Evans was born Linda Evanstad on November 18, 1942, in Hartford, Connecticut. ... Marta Kristen born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen on February 26, 1945, in Norway is an American actress best known for her role as the character Judy Robinson in the cult television series Lost in Space. ... Timothy Carey (b. ... How to stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 Beach Party film. ... Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. ... Beverly Adams (b. ... Len Lesser is an American actor most known for his role as Uncle Leo in Seinfeld. ... Donlevy (right) with costar Ella Raines in Impact (1950) Brian Donlevy (born Waldo Bruce Donlevy on February 9, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died April 6, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California, USA) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s through to the 1960s. ... The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini was the seventh (and last) of the American International Pictures Beach Party films and was released in 1966. ... Basil Rathbone. ... Francis X. Bushman Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was the first major male movie star, first starting in 1911 in the silent film His Friends Wife. ... Ski Party is a B-movie, directed by Alan Rafkin, and released in 1965 by American International Pictures (AIP). Almost all of Ski Party is set on the slopes, and not on the sand, and AIP mainstay Annette Funicello has a tiny role. ... Dwayne Hickman (born May 18, 1934) is an American actor and television executive. ... Yvonne Craig, early 60s. ... Lesley Gore, French EP Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 in New York City as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American singer and songwriter, one of the best known performers of the girl group era. ... James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ... sounds like a good film http://www. ... Vincent Price on Broadway as Mr. ... Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. ...

Regular cast members included John Ashley, Luree Holmes, Jody McCrea, Salli Sachse, Michael Nader, Candy Johnson, Johnny Fain, Valora Noland, Andy Romano, Susan Hart, Jerry Brutsche and Linda Rogers. John Ashley (December 25, 1934-October 3, 1997) was an actor who appeared in many films, most notably the American International Pictures Beach Party films. ... Jody McCrea (born September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) born Joel Dee McCrea, is the son of Frances Dee and Joel McCrea, both famous actors. ... Categories: Stub | 1945 births | Soap opera actors ... Candy Johnson born February 8, 1944(Date NOT verified), singer and dancer, appeared in several films in the 1960s, notably the American International Pictures Beach Party films as Candy, the girl who could dance so hard it would literally knock the guys off their feet! External links http://home. ... Andy Romano is an American actor, first known for playing the minor character J.D. in the Beach Party movies. ... Linda Rogers (born 1944) is a Canadian poet and childrens writer. ...