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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). [4] [5]
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]
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.
A sequence in the 1996 film That Thing You Do! makes an overt reference to the Nooney Rickett 4's saxophone-heavy Beach Ball scene in Pajama Party, as well as to the beach party genre in general. The band in the film, The Wonders, mime a live performance of an instrumental song during the filming of a beach party film titled Weekend at Party Pier.
Muscle Beach Party (1964) Bikini Beach (1964) Pajama Party (1964) Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) Ski Party (1965) How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) Sergeant Deadhead (1965)* Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)* Fireball 500 (1966) Thunder Alley (1967)* * Avalon appeared in every film except The Ghost ...
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."
She also took over the role of Animal from Valora Noland in Bikini Beach (1964), the third beach party film produced by American International Pictures. She had an uncredited appearance on the bus in the film Ski Party (1965). She was a guest on NBC's The Spring Thing a musical television special hosted by Bobbie Gentry and Noel Harrison.
Title Director Cast Genre Note 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt: Tommy Noonan: Mamie Van Doren, Tommy Noonan: Comedy: Independent: 633 Squadron: Walter Grauman: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy