Ski Party (1965)

Director:

Alan Rafkin

Writer:

Robert Kaufman (writer)

Release Date:

30 June 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

The COOLEST way to keep warm at 20 degrees below!

Plot:

On a college ski weekend, Todd and Craig pretend to be Jane and Nora, a pair of English girls. Their reasons...

Plot Keywords:

Skiing | Ski Resort | Beautiful Woman | Cross Dressing | Independent Film

Awards:

2 nominations

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
Steven Rogers	...	Gene (as Steve Rogers)
Patti Chandler	...	Janet
Michael Nader	...	Bobby (as Mike Nader)
Salli Sachse	...	Indian
John Boyer	...	John
Mikki Jamison	...	Mikki
Mickey Dora	...	Mickey
Mary Hughes	...	Mary

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Idaho, USA

Company:

Alta Vista Productions

Trivia:

Frequently referred to as an entry in the "Beach Party" movie series, lead actor Frankie Avalon, producing studio American-International, and a similar style plot targeting the same young target audience are all that this film has in common with the others. Avalon's character has a completely different name (Todd Armstrong instead of Frankie with no last name, not even in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), which had the character serving in the military), working against the connection. Series leading lady Annette Funicello does have an uncredited cameo, but clearly not in her regular role of Dolores/Dee Dee.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Back to the Beach (1987)

Soundtrack:

Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows

Ice Cold

Annette Funicello has a brief cameo as a professor, and Dwayne Hickman was added to the beach gang in a futile attempt to keep the series fresh. Really lame take off of "Some Like It Hot". Aron Kincaid plays his usual big-man-on-campus pretty blond boy routine. There are only two reasons to watch this movie. Leslie Gore singing on the bus on the way to the ski resort, and James Brown doing a split in the snow the end of "I Feel Good".