How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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| How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | |
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| Directed by | William Asher |
| Produced by | Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson |
| Written by | William Asher Leo Townsend |
| Starring | Annette Funicello Dwayne Hickman Brian Donlevy Harvey Lembeck Buster Keaton Beverly Adams |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Cinematography | Floyd D.Crosby |
| Editing by | Eve Newman |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  July 14, 1965 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 Beach Party film from American International Pictures. It features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Beverly Adams, and Buster Keaton in one of his last roles.
[edit] Summary
Another installment in the Frankie and Dee Dee beach adventures. Among the musical numbers, the story involves Frankie going on reserve duty. However, he gets jealous, thinking that while he is gone, someone will steal Dee Dee away. (The fact that he fools around with various island girls seems perfectly OK to him) With the help of a witch doctor he sends a sea beauty, Cassandra, to lure Dwayne. But on her arrival the beach turns upside down, as all the surfers fall for her, an executive wants to make her a model, and Eric Von Zipper and his gang add to the trouble.
[edit] Cast
- Annette Funicello .... Dee Dee
- Dwayne Hickman .... Ricky
- Brian Donlevy .... B. D. (Big Deal)
- Harvey Lembeck .... Eric Von Zipper
- Beverly Adams .... Cassandra
- John Ashley .... Johnny
- Jody McCrea .... Bonehead
- Marianne Gaba .... Animal
- Len Lesser .... North Dakota Pete
- Irene Tsu .... Native Girl
- Arthur Julian .... Dr. Melamed
- Bobbi Shaw .... Khola Koku
- Buster Keaton .... Bwana
- Mickey Rooney .... Peachy Keane
- The Kingsmen .... Themselves
- Frankie Avalon .... Frankie (uncredited)
- Michele Carey .... Michele (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Montgomery .... Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
- Alberta Nelson - Puss
[edit] Trivia
The last "Beach Party" film to feature Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
The story goes that Frankie Avalon asked producers Arkoff and Nicholson for more money than they were willing to pay, therefore his role was cut down to what amounts to about 6 minutes of screen time, barely a cameo.
Annette Funicello was pregnant during shooting and therefore was shot mostly from the waist up. She had also reportedly promised Walt Disney that, as a former Mouseketeer, she would not appear in a bikini or otherwise revealing attire; hence, in the beach scenes where all the other characters are relatively (for the time) scantily clad, she is shown fully clothed in long sleeves.
Features the only big screen appearance by The Kingsmen, famous for their hit version of "Louie Louie". Decked out in matching yellow blazers, the band did not perform that song and instead performed "Give Her Lovin'".
Elizabeth Montgomery made her cameo appearance as a favor to her then husband, William Asher. Her character was described as 'The Witches Witch', and her face was shown only at the last second, a parody of her character Samantha Stevens from her television series Bewitched.
The opening credits were done using clay animation done by Art Clokey, the creator of Gumby.
