Talk:Beach Party
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[edit]I just removed a line that said the relationship between three of the characters in this film was similar to the relationship of three characters in Gilligan's island. Other than them both being created around the same time, it didn't really seem to be relevant to me. Fantomx11 00:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Unsourced material
[edit]The following is unsourced information:
- AIP did not feel that Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello had enough "star power" to get top billing for a motion picture, so they gave Robert Cummings and Dorothy Malone top billing. By the next film, Muscle Beach Party, however, Frankie and Annette were the top billed stars.
- Annette Funicello was still under contract to Walt Disney Productions in 1963 and Disney's lawyers threatened to sue American International Pictures (AIP) if their now voluptuous star appeared in Beach Party in a bikini. AIP capitulated — an unimaginable act for the company prior to this, before the stakes were raised. Annette would not only not wear a bikini in the film, she would spend a surprising amount of her screen time repressing the sexuality of the other kids, an odd angle indeed for the once exuberantly permissive and exploitative AIP.
- It was deemed "Sleeper of the year" by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine.
While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 10:32, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
The second item is patently incorrect and a widely circulated myth. At the 40-minute mark, Annette wears a bikini and bares her belly button.
In an unrelated observation, the character's name is "Robert Orville Sutwell", not "Orwell". It's a reference to actor Bob Cummings' full name, "Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings". His godfather was aviation pioneer Orville Wright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.25.236 (talk) 01:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Nicholson cameo?
[edit]Is James H. Nicholson one of the people in the tour group hit by a pie?Foofbun (talk) 10:17, 10 March 2013 (UTC)