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Whether you live in California, Florida or elsewhere, beach themes are popular for parties. A beach party, commonly called a luau, has beach-inspired party decorations that can be customized for an adult party or a kiddie event. It all starts with the invitation, so make sure the invites you send out reflect the theme. more »
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Beach Party (1963) was the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures (AIP) aimed at a teen audience. It was directed by William Asher and written by Lou Rusoff. The main actors included Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello. This film is often credited with creating the beach party film genre.
One of the unique aspects of the AIP beach films is the absence of parents or any other authority figures. This gang of independent, fun-loving teenagers (portrayed by actors in their 20s) are free to do whatever they want and live on their own terms in summer houses along the beach. This first film includes a romantic sub-plot about two adult characters (Cummings and Malone) that was only repeated once in subsequent films, in 1964s Bikini Beach.
Plot
The movie starts off with an anthropologist, Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell (Robert Cummings) secretly studying the "wild mating habits" of Southern California teenagers that hang out at the beach and use strange surfing jargon. After he temporarily paralyzes Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck), the leader of the local outlaw motorcycle gang, who was making unwanted advances on Dolores (Annette Funicello), Dolores develops a crush on the Professor. Her surfing boyfriend Frankie (Frankie Avalon), the local Big Kahuna, becomes jealous and begins flirting with Ava, a foreign waitress. Meanwhile Marianne (Dorothy Malone) develops a crush on the Professor. Ava also develops a crush for Eric Von Zipper.
Production notes
Although a stunt surfer was used for long-shots, Robert Cummings was already a competent surfer himself by the time he starred in Beach Party as the ungainly Professor. Films of him surfing in Hawaii on the Ken Murrays Hollywood television show feature a muscular young Bob cruising along comfortably on an old style long board.
Contrary to the popular opinion that Annette Funicello was not allowed to be seen in a bikini bath read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach+Party
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