The first of the five official American-International "Beach Party" movies. Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell (Robert Cummings) and his secretary Marianne (Miss Malone) are studying the sex habits of teenagers.
The movie starts with a great in-joke about American International buying the film rights. That sets the stage for the kind of humor you should expect from these cats.
I do like that the professor compares the teens' crazy dancing to a tribal dance. I definitely think the people in these beach movies have no idea what dancing is, but somehow it looks alright if everyone acts goofy at once.
And, as an added bonus... Vincent Price as Big Daddy. Are Price fans and beach movie fans the same group? I have no idea -- it seems odd, and yet here I am, watching such a thing.
The movie starts with a great in-joke about American International buying the film rights. That sets the stage for the kind of humor you should expect from these cats.
I do like that the professor compares the teens' crazy dancing to a tribal dance. I definitely think the people in these beach movies have no idea what dancing is, but somehow it looks alright if everyone acts goofy at once.
And, as an added bonus... Vincent Price as Big Daddy. Are Price fans and beach movie fans the same group? I have no idea -- it seems odd, and yet here I am, watching such a thing.