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Surf's Up! Catch a Cinematic Wave 22 AtHomeNJ.com July-August 2021 HOME THEATER Surf’s up! Catch a cinematic wave ‘Gidget’ (1959) ‘Where the Boys Are’ (1960) ‘Beach Party’ (1963) Sandra Dee stars as Francie, a gangly only child who is For spring break, four college girls hop in a convertible Oddly, the first pairing of Frankie Avalon and Annette “pushing 17.” Francie’s older, boy-crazy girlfriends decide and leave their snowy Northern university behind. Mer- Funicello in the seven- or eight-film series (it’s compli- their young charge had better snag a boyfriend this summer, ritt (Dolores Hart) is an astute student who locked horns cated) didn’t star Avalon and Funicello. Top billed were or she won’t be able to face her classmates in September. with an elderly professor (Amy Douglass) over the topic relative old-timers Bob Cummings and Dorothy Malone. Alas, Francie is not ready to chase boys. And for all their of sex, resulting in probation. Melanie (Yvette Mimieux) (Yeah, it’s as if the kiddies needed chaperones.) Cum- suggestive sashaying in the sand, her friends fail to draw is a striking blonde who hopes to snag an Ivy League boy. mings plays an anthropologist with a long, professorial the eyes of the surf-obsessed boys at the beach. Tuggle (Paula Prentiss) is a tall quipster looking for a fella beard who is studying the mating habits of modern teens. When Francie starts floundering while swimming in the who won’t be intimidated by her height. Angie (Connie Malone plays his long-suffering assistant whose attractive- ocean, she is rescued by local surfing legend Moondoggie Francis, working her Jersey accent in her film debut) is ness is lost on her boss. When Cummings shaves off his (James Darren), who whisks her back to the shore on his the captain of the girls’ hockey team who must work a bit face fur and takes a particular interest in Funicello — pure- board. Well, that does it: Francie has caught the surfing harder to attract male attention. For its time, Henry Levin’s ly for scientific reasons, of course — Avalon gets jealous. bug. Her persistence in mastering the sport makes her the film is surprisingly frank, albeit with generous use of And if you don’t know where this is going, you’ve failed celebrated mascot of the beach ... with a new nickname. clever code. Hilarious are Chill Wills as Fort Lauderdale’s Romcoms 101. William Asher’s “Beach Party” introduces There were earlier beach-movie harbingers, but the genre police chief; Barbara Nichols as (what else?) a brassy series regulars Jody McCrea as dimwitted surfer Deadhead coalesced with the cute, if sometimes corny, “Gidget.” showgirl; and Frank Gorshin as a jazz-obsessed bassist. and Harvey Lembeck as blustery biker Eric Von Zipper. ‘Beach Blanket Bingo’ (1965) ‘Beach Ball’ (1965) ‘It’s a Bikini World’ (1967) In the fifth “Beach Party” movie, the gang adds sky- An obnoxious surfer-musician (Edd Byrnes, still wear- Cool, confident Mike (Tommy Kirk) can have any girl diving to its list of thrill-seeking activities. It all starts ing his “77 Sunset Strip” pompadour) is the leader of the on the beach ... except, that is, aloof newcomer Delilah when pop star Sugar Kane (Linda Evans) sky-dives into Wigglers, a singing group made up of college dropouts. (Deborah Walley). So naturally, he makes it his mission to the ocean — though really, the jump was done by a pro Just prior to an audition for a music festival, a loan agent woo her. Donning thick-rimmed spectacles and a bow-tie, (Deborah Walley) disguised as Sugar. A slippery publicist threatens to repossess the Wigglers’ instruments. In order Mike poses as his own nerdy brother, “Herbert.” When a (Paul Lynde) makes sure columnist Earl Wilson (playing to scam a loan from a credit union run by a group of brainy skateboarding competition comes to town, Herbert teaches himself) covers Sugar’s every move. Beach bum Bonehead college girls, Brynes poses as a student. When the decep- the sport to Delilah, who then challenges Mike to a race. (Jody McCrea) falls in love with a mermaid (Marta Kristen, tion is uncovered, the vengeance-bent girls hit the beach in Stephanie Rothman’s film — which she co-wrote with Judy in “Lost in Space”). Screen comedian Buster Keaton, bathing suits to spy on Byrnes and his partners-in-crime. producer Charles S. Schwartz — is a low-budget affair, wearing the trademark “pork pie” hat from his silent-movie The Wigglers get to play the festival after all — in drag. but Kirk and Walley are adorable together. Bobby Pickett, days, is improbably teamed with onetime Las Vegas dancer Lennie Weinrib’s “Beach Ball” is a transparent imita- singer of “Monster Mash,” made his film debut as Woody, Bobbie Shaw, who shimmies in a fur-trimmed two-piece. tion of the Avalon-Funicello movies. The film itself is not Mike’s goofy wingman. Musicians performing include the Somehow, they click onscreen. Don Rickles plays Big so hot, but the musical talent sure is. Frankie and Annette Animals (doing “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”), the Drop, proprietor of the sky-diving operation. Rickles even never got to bop to the Supremes, the Four Seasons, the Castaways (doing “Liar, Liar”), the Toys and the Gentrys. does some apparently unscripted “insult comedy” standup. Righteous Brothers, the Hondells and the Nashville Teens. — Mark Voger, MarkVoger.com .
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