{"id":29089,"date":"2012-12-28T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T22:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29089"},"modified":"2020-12-15T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:00:17","slug":"beach-party-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29089","title":{"rendered":"Beach Party (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Bring me my pendulum, kiddies &#8212; I feel like swinging!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Poster.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn anthropology professor (Robert Cummings) spying on a group of bikini-clad teenagers decides to &#8220;gain access&#8221; to their clique by befriending a young woman (Annette Funicello) whose commitment-phobic surfer-boyfriend (Frankie Avalon) has started flirting with a busty blonde (Eva Six).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dorothy Malone Films<\/li>\n<li>Generation Gap<\/li>\n<li>Jealousy<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Robert Cummings Films<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary opens his review of this &#8220;first of AIP&#8217;s successful Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello beach series&#8221; by noting that viewers of-a-certain-age watching the opening scene &#8212; with &#8220;the stars riding along, top down, singing the title song&#8221; &#8212; will &#8220;flash back to when [they] once had a crush on one of the two wholesome stars, or feel nostalgic because [they] used to watch these films at the drive-in and actually enjoy them&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-1024x524.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"328\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-128x66.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-1536x787.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple-527x270.png 527w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Couple.png 1771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With that caveat out of the way, he quickly concedes that &#8220;the picture goes downhill when nostalgia gives way to annoyance at the stupidity of the characters Avalon and Funicello play&#8221;, not to mention the fact that &#8220;all the teens in the film have IQs lower than their ages&#8221;. He argues that at least the &#8220;campy film&#8230; pokes fun at itself&#8221; &#8212; though this is small solace for the drivel one has to sit through in the meantime. Having now viewed all three of the &#8220;Beach Party&#8221; flicks recommended in Peary&#8217;s book &#8212; this one, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5365\"><em>Beach Blanket Bingo<\/em> (1965)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4244\"><em>How to Stuff a Wild Bikini<\/em> (1965) <\/a> &#8212; I can safely say that seeing one will suffice to give film fanatics a sense of the genre; it might as well be this inaugural entry, and then ffs can consider themselves <u>done<\/u> unless otherwise compelled. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dick Dale and the Del Tones&#8217; performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-1536x903.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1-459x270.png 459w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Beach-Party-Del-Tones-1.png 1763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, but ONLY to have seen one entry in the infamously popular &#8220;Beach Party&#8221; franchise. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056860\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/20606\/beach-party#articles-reviews?articleId=159331\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1656&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bring me my pendulum, kiddies &#8212; I feel like swinging!&#8221; Synopsis: An anthropology professor (Robert Cummings) spying on a group of bikini-clad teenagers decides to &#8220;gain access&#8221; to their clique by befriending a young woman (Annette Funicello) whose commitment-phobic surfer-boyfriend (Frankie Avalon) has started flirting with a busty blonde (Eva Six). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dorothy Malone Films Generation Gap Jealousy Love Triangle Musicals Robert Cummings Films Scientists Teenagers Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary opens his review of this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29089\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29089"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57983,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29089\/revisions\/57983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}