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Beach Party - (Original Trailer)

In the first of the series, Beach Party (1963), anthropologist Bob Cummings studies surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

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Beach Party -- (Movie Clip) Professor Sutwell
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Beach Party -- (Movie Clip) Swingin' and 'A-Surfin'
Dueling scene-stealers as Dick Dale leads the band in "Swingin' and 'A-Surfin'" until Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and pals are distracted by waitress Ava (Eva Six) in Beach Party, 1963.
Beach Party -- (Movie Clip) Open, Frankie & Annette
Long stretch of So-Cal coast from the opening of Beach Party, 1963, leading into Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and Dolores (Annette Funicello) in a convertible singing "Beach Party" by Gary Usher and Roger Christian.

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