The original Muscle Beach, walking distance from AFM, was once immortalized in the 1964 film, 'Muscle Beach Party' — starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Buddy Hackett and Don Rickles — which ...

In the 1960s, a unique genre of movies came into the world: the "beach party movies." The inevitable ingredients included several "teenagers" (using that term loosely), surfing, the beach, a few token ...

Before Jaws made us afraid of the water, Hollywood made it the hottest place on Earth — filled with tans, tunes, and teenagers who never stopped dancing. From the late ’50s to the late ’60s, ...

American International Pictures produced a series of seven beach films, starting with Beach Party. The 1965 AIP film Ski Party (with Dwayne Hickman, Yvonne Craig, Lesley Gore and James Brown) is also ...

He appeared in eight films with Annette Funicello, including 'Bikini Beach,' 'Pajama Party,' 'Beach Blanket Bingo' and 'How to Stuff a Wild Bikini.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Ed Garner, a local ...

There are no showtimes for Pajama Party. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. American International Pictures produced a series of seven beach films, starting with Beach Party. The ...

Ed Garner, a local Southern California surfer who found a home alongside the likes of Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in several of the popular beach party movies of the 1960s, has died. He was ...