SURF PARTY 1964 BLACK & WHITE TEENAGE BEACH MOVIE BOBBY VINTON + HUNKY REAL-LIFE SURFERS MICKEY DORA & JOHNNY FAIN DVD-R!

Popular singer Bobby Vinton, who plays Len, only appeared in three movies, this being his only one in the 1960s. It was Vinton’s debut, although his agent had lobbied hard to get him the lead in Beach Party. He was paid $750 for a week of work.

Ken Miller, who plays the fresh-out-of-high-school “gremmie” Milo, was 33 years old at the time of filming. He had made two movies previously with Dexter.

The Astronauts was a Colorado-based surf band that had a Billboard Top 100 hit in 1963 with their song “Baja,” composed by Lee Hazlewood. They also appeared in Dexter’s later beach party movie Wild on the Beach as well as two other beach party movies, Wild Wild Winter and Out of Sight – more than any other surf band. Their recording of the title track “Surf Party” would go on to become a classic within the canon of first-wave surf music original songs, and would be covered by countless bands including The Surf Raiders, The Surf Coasters, Slacktone and many more.

In addition to appearing as extras, surfers Mickey Dora and Johnny Fain, who appeared in several of AIP’s beach party movies, performed the surfing stunts for this movie.

Filming started September 1963 and was finished by October