capone666 Beach PartyTeenagers hang out at the beach because it gives them an excuse when their parents ask how they got crabs.Fortunately for parents, the anthropologist in this comedy is studying the sexual habits of teenage beach bums.Through his telescope, uptight Professor Sutwell (Robert Cummings) scrutinizes the mating rituals of the juveniles that frequent a local surf spot.But when Sutwell defends a teen, Dolores (Annette Funicello), from a biker, Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck), he makes himself Von Zipper's main adversary.Meanwhile, Sutwell is caught in a love triangle with his assistant (Dorothy Malone) and Dolores, whose spiteful boyfriend (Frankie Avalon) is now romancing a waitress (Ava Six).With cameos from Vincent Price and surf-guitar legend Dick Dale, this seaside romp set the standard for all silly 1960s surf movies that came after.As for kinky foreplay at the beach, just have your partner pretend a jellyfish stung their face.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.com

TxMike This 1963 movie was a prequel of sorts to the 1964 "Bikini Beach", using many of the same characters and some continuation of story lines, like Eric Von Zipper and his RATZ motorcycle gang. But Avalon and Funicello, even though experienced actors, had not become the the "beach lovers" yet, and this is the movie that made them that. It brings back good memories for me in particular, 1963 was the year I graduated from high school and turned 18. I didn't see this movie back then, but seeing it now is a certain type of fun that can't be explained unless you too were a teenager back then.This movie really focuses on established star Robert Cummings, who was in his early 50s, as Professor Sutwell. He landed his small high-wing plane on the beach and stuck around to study this strange species, the teenage surfer crowd. His able assistant and eventual love interest is Dorothy Malone as Marianne .Frankie Avalon is Frankie and Annette Funicello is Dolores (called 'Dee-Dee' in the next movie). They are boyfriend and girlfriend, but as was custom back in the 1960s, she wanted him to ask her to get married. She was graduating from high school and wanted to be a wife. (It really was that way back then, all the girls from my 1963 graduating class that didn't go to college got married pretty quickly, and many of them have lasted through the years. It was a different time.)So most of the story is Dolores trying to make Frankie jealous so that he will ask her to marry him. She does that by taking an interest in Professor Suttwell, even with the age difference. She misinterprets his interest as a romantic interest.Another really fun blast from the past is Morey Amsterdam as Cappy who ran the local hangout. Harvey Lembeck is Eric Von Zipper and we see how Professor Suttwell first paralyzes him with "the finger" to his temple. Soon after to become obscure was Eva Six as Ava , who some described as 'a face like Marilyn Monroe's and a body like Jayne Mansfield's, which she did but I suppose she wasn't much of an actress.The movie is mostly ridiculous and slapstick, it never was intended to be high art, just fluff of entertainment for the times. And for that it hits that mark quite well.

keesha45 While not the best in the Frankie-Annette beach movies they made with their supporting cast of recurring characters including villain Von Zipper, lovable leader of his "stupid" motorcycle gang, dim-witted Deadhead and the human dancing machine Candy Johnson, it's still pretty good and has something to offer audiences of today. For one thing, it's a good chance to see the beaches of southern California before developers moved in and built homes all over the place. Then, there are some great surfing scenes. The songs and dancing are first rate,and the climactic fight scene is very good, although a lot of the pies thrown missed their marks. There's something for everybody in this entry: comedy, romance, music, hunky guys and pretty girls in bikinis. A film like this must have been a big boon to the tourism industry and for attracting new residents to the state. Who wouldn't want to go to a place where even the motorcycle gangs make nice? Dale Roloff

moonspinner55 Bob Cummings (offensive in nearly every movie I've seen him in) acquits himself quite nicely here as nerdy professor studying the mating habits of today's teenagers, eventually finding himself sort-of attracted to busty-but-innocent Annette Funicello. Frankie Avalon and Annette get co-starring parts here, later carrying the torch onward to many other beach sequels; they fight a lot (as usual) and try to make each other jealous. The only thing that really separates this initial sand-&-sex romp from the others is a bit more attention to plot and dialogue, less silliness (it's surprisingly low-keyed). Annette, her hair tinted a pretty cinnamon-brown, sings a great solo number, "Treat Him Nicely"--actually, it's her mirrored reflection who gives the advice. A pleasant, colorful outing, with Harvey Lembeck very funny as Eric Von Zipper, who gets "the finger" from Cummings ("You stupids!"). A little singing, a little loving, lots of arguing, and a pie fight finale. *** from ****