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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 Muscle Beach Party was being filmed.
In Beach Party (1963) she is credited as the "perpetual motion dancer." Filmink called her a "breakout character". [1] She remained a part of the series for the next three films, with her final appearance being in 1964 in Pajama Party, where she had a small cameo role. [2] She also recorded under the name "Candy Johnson's Exciters."
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 follow ups to Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party (1964) and Bikini Beach (1964) [22] were also popular. 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.
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This was followed by the Beach Party sequel, Muscle Beach Party (1963), which proved to be popular. Even more so was the third in the film series Bikini Beach (1964), where Avalon had a dual role. In August 1964, Avalon announced he had signed to make ten films in five years for AIP. [19]
Flying through Hollywood by the Seat of My Pants: From the Man Who Brought You I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Muscle Beach Party. Birch Lane Press. ISBN 1-55972-107-3. Betrock, Alan (1986). The I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock 'n' Roll Horror Beach Party Movie Book – A Complete Guide to the Teen Exploitation Film: 1954–1969.
Haggerty was cast in a small non-speaking role as a bodybuilder in the 1964 film Muscle Beach Party and also as a bodybuilder in the 1965 romantic comedy musical Girl Happy. He also worked as a stuntman on the 1966 television series Tarzan, and as set builder on various other projects.