Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Beach Party (1963)

Beach Party - (Original Trailer)

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

Beach Party -- (Movie Clip) Professor Sutwell

Love that (bearded!) Bob Cummings (as "Professor Sutwell), observing teens at play, visited by his fellow grown-up academic Marianne (Dorothy Malone) in an early scene from Beach Party, 1963.

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.