SKI PARTY

Ski Party


American International Pictures (AIP), 1965, Color, 90 minutes, **½

Released June, 1965



On a college ski weekend, Todd (Frankie Avalon) and Craig (Dwayne Hickman) dress up in drag and pass themselves off as Jane and Nora, a pair of English girls. Why? To join in with the girls' ski lessons so they can meet girls! Along the way, Lesley Gore shows up on the bus to sing "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows," and James Brown and the Famous Flames appear at the ski lodge to sing "I Feel Good."

This is one of the very few film appearances of Lesley Gore. Overall it's a very light-weight musical comedy, practically identical to any of the Beach films except that there is skiing instead of surfing. But it's fun, and it's cool to see Lesley Gore and James Brown on screen!


Produced by: Gene Corman

Executive Producers: James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff

Production Manager: Jack Bohrer

Directed by: Alan Rafkin

Assistant Director: Dale Hutchinson

Written by:: Robert Kaufman

Script Supervisor: John Dutton

Musical Score by: Gary Usher

Art Director: Howard Campbell

Set Decorator: George Nelson

Costume Supervisor: Richard Bruno

Make-Up: Ted Cooley

Sound: Bob Post

Director of Photography: Arthur E. Arling

Filmed in Panavision and Pathecolor

Film Editor: Morton Tubor



Cast: Frankie Avalon [Todd Armstrong], Dwayne Hickman [Craig Gamble], Deborah Walley [Linda Hughes], Yvonne Craig [Barbara Norris], Robert Q. Lewis [Mr. Pevney], Bobbi Shaw [Nita Elksberg], Aron Kincaid [Freddie Carter], Steve Rogers [Gene], Patti Chandler [Janet], Mike Nader [Bobby], Salli Sachse [Indian], John Boyer [John], Mikki Jamison [Mikki], Mickey Dora [Mickey], Mary Hughes [Mary], Bill Sampson [Arthur], Luree Holmes [Luree], James Brown [Himself] (with The Famous Flames), Lesley Gore [Herself]; The Hondells [Themselves]



Musical Program: [0:00] Ski Party (sung by Frankie Avalon behind titles); [0:11] Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows (sung by Lesley Gore and kids onboard the bus to the ski lodge); [0:17] Lots Lots More (sung by Frankie Avalon onscreen with The Hondells offscren, danced by the kids); [0:31] Paintin' the Town (sung by Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Dwayne Hickman and Yvonne Craig); [0:37] We'll Never Change Them (sung by Deborah Walley and the Girls); [0:53] I Got You (I Feel Good) (sung and danced by James Brown and The Famous Flames); [1:20] The Gasser (played by The Hondells onscreen, danced by the kids); [1:25] Ski Party (sung by The Hondells at end of film through end credits); The Hondells can be heard in portions of the background score.