Summer’s here and surf’s up! My book Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969 makes for great laid-back, at the shore summer reading. Revisit all those great 1960s beach movies such as Gidget; Where the Boys Are; Beach Party; Ride the Wild Surf; The Girls on the Beach; Beach Ball; A Swingin’ Summer; Beach Blanket Bingo; Don’t Make Waves, etc. Full of comments and anecdotes from many cast members including Salli Sachse, Jody McCrea, William Wellman, Jr., Peter Brown, Bart Patton, Gail Gerber, and particularly the late Aron Kincaid. Our cover boy not only wrote a foreword but provided many funny and interesting stories about his beach movies, his life and career. Catch the wave!
And don’t forget my most recent book Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961-1974. All her summer teenage summer drive-in movies are discussed such as the beach movie For Those Who Think Young plus State Fair; Come Fly with Me, The Lively Set; and The Pleasure Seekers.