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Bikini Beach is a 1964 American teen film directed by William Asher and starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. The film belongs to the beach party genre of movies, popular in the 1960s. This is the third in the series of seven films produced by American International Pictures (AIP).
McCrea was an avid body builder, and the only actor appearing in the American International Pictures beach movies who could surf. The film was a big hit, and after appearing in Law of the Lawless (1964) and The Greatest Show on Earth, McCrea reprised his performance as Deadhead in Muscle Beach Party (1964) and Bikini Beach (1964). [10]
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), Ski Party a one-off film with a brief beach scene at the end (1965) and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).
Also popular were the follow ups to Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party (1964) and Bikini Beach (1964). [22] Billboard advertisement for Annette's Beach Party, July 20, 1963. When she was cast in her first beach movie, Walt Disney requested that she wear only modest bathing suits and keep her navel covered.
[6] [7] [8] Films of the genre include: Surf Party, Ride the Wild Surf, and For Those Who Think Young (all from 1964), A Swingin' Summer and Beach Ball (both 1965), Catalina Caper and It's a Bikini World (from 1967). The 1996 film That Thing You Do! features a parody of 1960s beach movies. In the film, the fictional singing group called The ...
Donna Zukor (born March 7, 1947), known professionally as Donna Loren, is an American singer and actress.. A performer in the 1960s, she was the "Dr Pepper Girl" from 1963 to 1968, a featured female vocalist on Shindig!, and a cast member of the American International Pictures Beach Party movie franchise.
Muscle Beach Party is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher , who also directed four other films in this series.
Also, the material for The Pyramids in the film Bikini Beach was produced by Gary Usher. [23] [24] Hodge and Wilson had worked with other bands such as Wee Willie & The Pals with production of their 1964 single "We’re Gonna Dance" / "Teardrop Strawberry Soda". [25] Hodge produced The Daisy Chain album, Straight Or Lame which was released in ...