Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are


Euterpe / MGM, 1960, Color, 99 minutes, ***

Released December, 1960



The original fun-in-the-sun romp, as four young gals head to pleasurable Fort Lauderdale during Easter vacation for tans, music and boys. Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Yvette Mimieux, Dolores Hart, Jim Hutton and George Hamilton star.



Produced by: Joe Pasternak

Directed by: Henry Levin

Assistant Director: Al Jennings

Screen play by: George Wells

Based on the Novel by Glendon Swarthout

Music: George Stoll

Original Dialectic Jazz by: Pete Rugolo

Songs: "Where the Boys Are," "Turn on the Sunshine" Words by Howard Greenfield, Music by Neil Sedaka (Courtesy Nevins-Kirshner); "Have You Met Miss Fandango?" Words by Stella Unger, Music by Victor Young

Choreograper: Robert Sidney

Art Directors: George W. Davis and Preston Ames

Set Decorations: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt

Women's Costumes: Kitty Mager

Hair Styles by: Mary Keats

Make-Up by: William Tuttle

Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton

Director of Photography: Robert Bronner

Special Effects: Lee LeBlanc

In CinemaScope and Metrocolor

Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon

Film Editor: Fredric Steinkamp



Cast: The Girls: Dolores Hart [Merritt Andrews], Yvette Mimieux [Melanie], Barbara Nichols [Lola], Paula Prentiss [Tuggle Carpenter], Connie Francis (film debut) [Angie], The Boys: Rory Harrity [Franklin], John Brennan [Dill], Ted Berger [Stout Man], George Hamilton [Ryder Smith], Frank Gorshin [Basil], Jim Hutton [TV Thompson], Additional Cast: Chill Wills [Police Captain], Vito Scotti [Maitre d']



Musical Program: [0:00] Where the Boys Are (sung by Connie Francis behind titles); [0:35] Limbo-Rak-Dance (several short excerpts performed by Students at the beach); [0:39] Easy to Love (instrumental arrangement played by orchestra at night club); [0:46] The Nuclear Love Song (played by the Basil Demmot Komos Quintet); [0:47] A Meeting Between Shakespeare and Satchel Paige on Hampstead Heath (played by the Basil Demmot Komos Quintet); [0:59] Turn on the Sunshine (sung by Connie Francis with the Basil Demmot Komos Quintet); [1:04] Jazz concert on the beach (played by the Basil Demmot Komos Quintet); [1:17] Have You Met Miss Fandango (sung by Barbara Nichols); [1:19] Don't Litter the Streets of Philadelphia (played by the Basil Demmot Komos Quintet); [1:37] Where the Boys Are (reprised by Connie Francis at end of film)