In 1963, Beach Party, the first official "beach party" movie, was released and became a box-office smash. It starred the most popular beach party couple: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

American International Pictures produced a series of seven beach films, starting with Beach Party. The 1965 AIP film Ski Party (with Dwayne Hickman, Yvonne Craig, Lesley Gore and James Brown ...

The beach movies provided a distinct change of pace. Beginning with “Beach Party,” the 1963 American International Pictures comedy starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, McCrea ...

Saturday Night at the Movies is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ... Frankie and Annette's first pairing was in 1963's "Beach Party," which also introduced Harvey Lembeck ...

Count back 50 summers, and you find the Technicolor precedent for “Spring Breakers” in the trendsetting 1963 AIP teen comedy “Beach Party,” which Variety warned “many adults might find a ...