HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
American International Pictures (AIP), 1965, Color, 93 minutes, **½
Released July, 1965

Fearful that buddy Dwayne Hickman will hit on Annette Funicello while he's on Naval Reserve duty, Frankie Avalon gets witch doctor Buster Keaton to send a magical bikini (stuffed with beautiful Beverly Adams) to woo away Hickman. And that's just the start of the hi-jinks in this bouncy beach comedy that also stars Mickey Rooney, The Kingsmen ("Louie Louie"), and Harvey Lembeck; look for Brian Wilson as a (what else?) "beach boy."

Produced by: James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff
Co-Producer: Anthony Carras
Production Supervisor: Jack Bohrer
Directed by: William Asher
Assistant Director: Dale Huthinson
Written by: William Asher and Leo Townsend
Musical Supervision: Al Simms
Musical Score by: Les Baxter
Songs: Words and Music by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner
"Give Her Lovin" Words and Music by Lynn Easton
Choreography by: Jack Baker
Art Direction: Howard Campbell
Set Decorator: George Nelson
Special Interior Decoration: Ian Phillips, La Difference
Costume Supervisor: Richard Bruno
Make-up: Ted Goodley
Hair Stylist: Ray Foreman
Sound: Don Rush
Director of Photography: Floyd Crosby
Special Effects by: Roger George, Bill Ferrier
Photographic Effects by: Butler Glouner
Animation by: Jack Kinney Filmed in Panavision and Pathecolor
Film Editors: Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman

Cast: Annette Funicello [Dolores, ("Dee Dee")], Frankie Avalon [Frankie], Dwayne Hickman [Ricky], Brian Donlevy [B.D.], Mickey Rooney [Peachy Keane], Buster Keaton [Bwana], Harvey Lembeck [Eric Von Zipper], Beverly Adams [Cassandra], Jody McCrea [Bonehead], John Ashley [Johnny], Marianne Gaba [Animal], Len Lesser [North Dakota Pete], Irene Tsu [Native Girl], Arthur Julian [Dr. Melamed], Bobbi Shaw [Khola Koku], The Kingsmen [Themselves], Alberta Nelson [Puss], Salli Sachse [Bookend], Linda Bent [Bookend], Marianne Gordon [Chickie], Sheila Stephenson [Secretary], Sue Williams [Peanuts], Rosemary Williams [English Girl], Tonia Van Deter [Italian Girl], Uta Stone [German Girl], Toni Harper [Barberette], Michele Barton [Manicurist], Victoria Carroll [Shoe Shine Girl], Andy Romano [J.D.], Elizabeth Montgomery [Cameo as Bwana's Witch Daughter], John Macchia, Jerry Brutsche, Bob Harvey, Myrna Ross, Alan Fife [The Rats], Alan Frohlich, Tom Quine, Hollis Morrison, Guy Hemric, George Boyce, Charles Reed [Ad Men], Patti Chandler [Patti], Mike Nader [Mike], Luree Holmes, Jo Collins, Mary Hughes, Stephanie Nader, Jeannine White, Janice Levinson [Beach Girls], Ed Garner, John Fain, Mickey Dora, Brian Wilson, Bruce Baker, Ned Wynn, Kerry Berry, Dick Jones, Ray Atkinson, Ronnie Dayton [Beach Boys]

Musical Program: [0:00] Main Title (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:09] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (sung and danced by the Beach Boys and the Beach Girls); [0:15] How About Us (sung and danced by Mickey Rooney and the Beach Girls); [0:20] Madison Avenue (sung by Mickey Rooney and the Ad Men); [0:22] That's What I Call a Healthy Girl (sung by the Beach Boys); [0:39] Boy Next Door (sung by Harvey Lembeck and the Rats); [0:44] Give Her Lovin' (sung by The Kingsmen); [0:46] Better Be Ready (sung by Annette Funicello with The Kingsmen); [0:59] The Perfect Boy (sung by Annette Funicello and the Beach Girls); [1:04] Follow Your Leader (sung by Harvey Lembeck and the Rats); [1:08] If It's Gonna Happen (sung by Irene Tsu, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Dwayne Hickman); [1:25] After the Party (sung by the Beach Boys and the Beach Girls); [1:29] After the Party (reprised by the Beach Boys and the Beach Girls)