Beach Party (Full Frame)

VHS, 101 minutes, MGM

This is the bash at the beach that launched them all, the original Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello beach movie that defined the California generation and introduced surfing, bikinis and a whole lotta hip-shaken rock'n'roll to a shocked America. This 'downright yummy' (The New York Times) inaugural bash co-stars Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Harvey Lembeck and Morey Amsterdam and features the legendary southcoast surf band, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. Summer break means only one thing to teen hipster's Frankie (Avalon)and Dores (Funicello): party at the beach with their buds! While the gang is getting down in the sand, a disgusted local professor (Cummings) decides to expose these kids as primal to put an end to their monkey business. But this fun-lovin' gang pulls out all the stops to teach the good Professor a thing or two about jiggling, oogling and rocking the night away!. Original Theatrical Trailer, NTSC.