Surf Party made enough money for Bob Lippert and Fox to finance a second beach party film. It's also in black and white by the sea... only hardly any action takes place in the water or beach. Indeed I don't think anyone wears swim suits!
The basic set up isn't bad - a male and female sorority find out they both have to stay in the one house. That's a decent enough idea for a bunch of cute male-female clashes leading to songs. But then matters drag off into boring, pointless comedy and strained musical acts. Actually to be fair some of the music is okay - there's The Astronauts but also Sonny and Cher, just before "I Got You Babe". I really wish they'd played the leads.
Sherry Jackson and Frankie Randall are okay as the leads - they lack a
little energy. There's no color, no oomph. Booth Colman adds some
class. There's a scene were a middle aged man sings a song.
Ah this is lame.
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