Beach Party (1963) | |
| Director(s) | William Asher |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Z. Arkoff (executive), Robert Dillon (associate), James H. Nicholson, Lou Rusoff |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Beach, Coming of Age, Professors |
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Beach Party (1963) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by William Asher and produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, Lou Rusoff and Robert Dillon.
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Classic Movie Beginner’s Guide: Beach Party Movies
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 27, 2020 From 4 Star FilmsIn our ongoing series, we’ve turned our focus to a specific person or genre we want to try and shine a light on. Today our topic is summer-themed. While it’s not exactly a venerated subgenre, the beach party movies are enjoyable nonetheless for evoking the surf craze and the teen beach c... Read full article
Musical Monday: Beach Party (1963)
on Aug 24, 2015 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: ?Beach Party? (1964)? Musica... Read full article
Beach Party Blogathon: The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
By KC on Jun 12, 2015 From Classic MoviesTake a beach party movie a la Frankie and Annette, mix it with the creature from the Black Lagoon, and shake it till it loses most of its brain cells and that's The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965). Far from his heyday playing hunky leading man to Dorothy Lamour and Maria Montez, John Hall direct... Read full article
The Beach Party Blogathon: Stromboli
By The Wonderful World of Cinema on Jun 12, 2015 From The Wonderful World of CinemaIt’s June, it’s almost summer. It’s time to swim, go at the beach, drink lemonade, but also, for us, bloggers, it’s time for the Beach Party Blogathon. This wonderful event is hosted by Speakeasy and Silver Screenings. For the occasion, I’ve decided to explore Roberto R... Read full article
The Beach Party Series Comes to a Sad End with "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini"
By Rick29 on Jun 10, 2015 From Classic Film & TV CafeThis was not the film's original title. As visitors to this blog know, we are Beach Party proponents, Annette admirers, and Frankie aficionados. Yes, we like our BP movies, but what is one to make of the last--and least--entry in American International's seven-film series? Frankie and Annette are n... Read full article
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Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: No, it usually works the other way.
Cappy: I don't dig. You don't want to level with me?
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: All right, I'll level with you. When I first started out at Harvard, I was the youngest professor at the university. I was so young that it was sickening. No one took me seriously. Every time when I opened my mouth to speak, my students laughed, the other professors laughed, even the janitors laughted. Well, I knew it couldn't go on for long before I would be fired by the dean who did not want a professor that his students didn't take seriously. So one day at lunch, I sat down in the student cafeteria and presented my problem to this old professor friend of mine. And without even glancing up from his soup, he said to me: "buy yourself a pair of glasses and grow a beard." So you see, all of this is just 18 years of professor windowdressing.
Cappy: Amazing how our lives parallel. You have that, and I have this.
[points to the goatee on his chin]
Cappy: You know why I grew this? I got a dimple in my chin and I didn't want anyone mistaking me for Kirk Douglas.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: But you don't look anything like Kirk Douglas.
Cappy: See? It works.
Frankie: I want to talk to you about Delores. I'm Frankie.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Oh, hi, Frankie. I'm...
Frankie: I know who you are.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: You do?
Frankie: You're the guy that's been cutting in on my time!
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: No, please, just a moment I...
Frankie: You're brainwashing her with your beard!
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Brainwashing her with my beard?
Frankie: Why else would she be crazy about someone like you?
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Now that, I resent.
Frankie: I mean, you're an old man.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Now just a second. If you're so crazy about Dolores, why are you running around flirting with that Hungarian goulash?
Frankie: Because she's my girl.
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Who? Goulash?
Frankie: No, Dolores!
Prof. Robert O. Sutwell: Oh, I see now, yes! You're trying to make her jealous. Put her down. Typical Aborigine attitude. I suppose you'd like to drag her off on your surfboard by the roots of her hair.
Frankie: Yes, I would! I love her. Look, I know how you can love her too because she's lovable. But I'm telling you this: I am not gonna let any over aged fuzzy-face take away my girl! Not, if I have anything to do with it, and believe me Mister, I do! By the way, how are you fixed for blades?
Cappy: [about Frankie] Boy, that kid's really got a chip on his shoulder. I think it's his head.
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Facts about
Was intended as a low-budget imitation of Elvis Presley's musical movies, with added teen appeal, but the series took on a life of its own.
Average Shot Length = ~7.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.4 seconds.
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