I'LL TAKE SWEDEN

I'll Take Sweden
Superior / UA, 1965, Color, 96 minutes, ***
Released June, 1965

Overprotective dad Bob Hope gets transferred to Sweden in order to stop the romance between daughter Tuesday Weld and rock-and-roller Frankie Avalon. But soon she's romanced by a suave playboy, so Bob invites Frankie overseas to stop the liaison. Lively, music-filled comedy co-stars Dina Merrill, Jeremy Slate and The Vulcanes.

Produced by: Edward Small
Associate Producer: Alex Gottlieb
Production Supervisor: Harold E. Knox Directed by: Frederick de Cordova
Assistant Director: Herbert S. Green
Screenplay: Nat Perrin, Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx
Story by: Nat Perrin
Music by: Jimmy Haskell and "By" Dunham
Conducted by: Jimmy Haskell
Title Song: "I'll Take Sweden" by Diane Lampert and Ken Lauber
"The Bells Keep Ringing," "There'll Be Rainbows Again" by "By" Dunham and Bobby Beverly
"Watusi Jo" by James Economides and Jimmie Haskell
"Take It Off" by "By" Dunham and Jimmie Haskell
"Would You Like My Last Name?" by Diane Lampert and Ken Lauber
Choreography: Miriam Nelson
Art Director: Robert Peterson
Set Decorator: Frank Tuttle
Costume Designer: Paula Giokaris
Makeup by: Layne Britton
Hair Stylist: Hedwig Dimmit
Sound: Al Overton
Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
Filmed in Technicolor
Supervising Film Editor: Grant Whytock

Cast: Bob Hope [Bob Holcomb], Tuesday Weld [JoJo Holcomb], Frankie Avalon [Kenny Klinger], Dina Merrill [Karin Grandstedt], Jeremy Slate [Erik Carlson], Rosemarie Frankland [Marti], Walter Sande [Bjork], John Qualen [Olaf], Peter Bourne [Ingemar], Fay De Witt [Hilda], Alice Frost [Greta], Roy Roberts [Captain], Maudie Prickett [Spinster], Beverly Hills [Electra], Siv Marta Aberg [Inter], The Vulcanes (Rock Group) [Themselves]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: I'll Take Sweden (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:01] The Bells Keep Ringing (instrumental arrangement with bells danced by the Kids); [0:04] Would You Like My Last Name (sung by Frankie Avalon); [0:08] The Bells Keep Ringing (sung by Frankie Avalon, danced by Frankie Avalon and Kids); [0:15] Take It Off (played by band [offscreen] at the Pink Kitten); [0:49] There'll Be Rainbows Again (sung by Frankie Avalon); [1:04] I'll Take Sweden (sung by Frankie Avalon with The Vulcanes); [1:35] I'll Take Sweden (sung by Chorus behind end credits)