Beach movies, summer and winter

Frankie and Annette did a few more traditional beach movies. Below are ads for Muscle Beach Party from the summer of '64, from Waterloo, Iowa and Akn, Ohio

Since it takes Hollywood a little time to capitalize on a surprise hit, 1965 was the year that the beach movies really saturated the market. Frankie and Annette were back together in Beach Blanket Bingo, which added the gimmick of skydiving. (Ads from Vancouver and Tucson, Arizona below, and note that the film was in wide release well before summer, at Easter in April of 1965)

Then Frankie and Annette split up, with Frankie doing a winter version of a beach movie, Ski Party.

Annette did her own non-beach beach movie, Pajama Party, opposite the ill-fated Tommy Kirk.

Another snowy beach movie was Winter A Go-Go with no big names, though James Stacy would go on to a long career despite losing an arm and a leg in a motorcycle accident.