Pajama Party (film)

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Pajama Party

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Directed by Don Weis
Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff
James H. Nicholson
Written by Louis M. Heyward
Starring Tommy Kirk
Annette Funicello
Elsa Lanchester
Jody McCrea
Harvey Lembeck
Buster Keaton
Jesse White
Music by Score:
Les Baxter
Songs:
Jerry Styner
Guy Hemric
Cinematography Floyd Crosby
Editing by Eve Newman
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release date(s) November 11, 1964
Running time 82 min.
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Bikini Beach
Followed by Beach Blanket Bingo
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Pajama Party is a Beach Party film that was made in 1964 starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello.


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[edit] Plot

This 4th entry in the Beach Party film series is a strange one. A Martian teenager named Gogo (Tommy Kirk) is sent to Earth in an usher's uniform to prepare the way for an invasion from Mars. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. She immediately decks out Gogo in a swimsuit and sends him out to the beach. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend Connie (Annette Funicello). For reasons unknown Connie has lost both her DeeDee and her hairstyle, which used to cover her forehead. The new Connie, eventually begins singing to her stuffed animal, explaining to him that he's better than a human boy and it winks at her. Naturally, Gogo (who's now known as George and is very light on his feet) meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor J. Sinister Hulk and his gang (including an Indian and a Swedish bombshell) concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her cash. Meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang (Eric von Zipper and his Rat Pack) wants revenge on the volleyball players for...getting footprints on their beach. Big Lunk falls in love with the Swedish bombshell because she can beat him in arm wrestling (and she's a good listener). Somehow all of these subplots come together at the pajama party.

[edit] Cast


Cast notes:

  • Teri Garr (billed here as "Teri Hope") and Toni Basil are uncredited as 'Pajama Girls'.
  • Frankie Avalon has little more than a couple of red-tinted cameos with Don Rickles in the film in which the back of his head is seen. In the final moments of the film it is revealed who he is.
  • During the entire Beach Party Series, this was the one and only time Donna Loren, opened her mouth and began to speak.

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