Clambake (1967)

Director:

Arthur H. Nadel

Writers:

Arthur Browne Jr. (screenplay)
Arthur Browne Jr. (story)

Release Date:

22 November 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

Plot:

The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself...

Plot Keywords:

Elvis | Identity Swapping | Elvis Presley | Boat Race | Chemical

Cast

Elvis Presley	...	Scott Hayward / 'Tom Wilson'
Shelley Fabares	...	Dianne Carter
Will Hutchins	...	Tom Wilson / 'Scott Heyward'
Bill Bixby	...	James J. Jamison III
Gary Merrill	...	Sam Burton (owner, Burton Boat Co.)
James Gregory	...	Duster Heyward
Suzie Kaye	...	Sally
Harold Peary	...	Harold (the doorman)
Sam Riddle	...	Announcer, Governor's Trophy Race
Angelique Pettyjohn	...	Gloria
Olga Kaya	...	Gigi
Jack Good	...	Mr. Hathaway (manager, Shores Hotel)
Lee Krieger	...	Paul (bartender)
Amanda Harley	...	Ellie (Duster Hayward's secretary)
Sue England	...	Cigarette girl
Marj Dusay	...	Waitress
Arlene Charles	...	Olive
Steve Cory	...	Bellhop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melvin Allen	...	Crewman (uncredited)
Herb Barnett	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Corbin Bernsen	...	Boy at playground (uncredited)
Richard Davis	...	Bit (uncredited)
Joe Esposito	...	Bit (uncredited)
Teri Garr	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Charlie Hodge	...	Mr. Hayward's barber (uncredited)
Francis Humphrey Howard	...	Bit (uncredited)
Jonathan Kramer	...	Dancer at Clambake party (uncredited)
Robert P. Lieb	...	Mr. Barasch (uncredited)
Dal McKennon	...	Bearded gas station attendant (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Beach boy (uncredited)
Lisa Slagle	...	Lisa (uncredited)
Red West	...	Ice cream vendor (uncredited)

Directed by
Arthur H. Nadel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arthur Browne Jr.		screenplay
Arthur Browne Jr.		story

Produced by
Arthur Gardner	....	producer
Arnold Laven	....	producer
Jules V. Levy	....	producer (as Jules Levy)
Tom Rolf	....	associate producer (as Ernst R. Rolf)

Original Music by
Jeff Alexander

Cinematography by
William Margulies

Film Editing by
Tom Rolf		(as Ernst R. Rolf)

Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster

Art Direction by
Lloyd S. Papez		(as Lloyd Papez)

Set Decoration by
James Redd

Makeup Department
Judith A. Cory	....	hair stylist (as Judy Alexander)
Dan Greenway	....	makeup artist
Howard Smit	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Ben Bishop	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director
Bill Green	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Bob Bone	....	property master

Sound Department
Waldon O. Watson	....	sound (as Walden O. Watson)
Frank H. Wilkinson	....	sound (as Frank Wilkinson)

Special Effects by
Bob Warner	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Irmin Roberts	....	camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
May Booth	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Hugh McFarland	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Dick Luckey	....	music editor

Other crew
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist
Lance LeGault	....	assistant to choreographer
Joseph Mazzuca	....	script supervisor
Tom Parker	....	technical advisor (as Col. Tom Parker)
Alex Romero	....	choreographer
B.C. Wylie	....	production assistant
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Levy-Gardner-Laven
• Rhodes Pictures

Distributors

• United Artists (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Format Productions  titles designed by
• Westheimer Company  opticals

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Levy-Gardner-Laven

Trivia:

Elvis Presley had so much debt in early 1967 due to his purchase of a Memphis ranch with up-to-date equipment that his manager, 'Colonel Tom Parker' , had to sign the contract for this movie in a hurry so that Elvis could get his one million dollar fee. It was the last time Elvis would get the magic million dollars.

Goofs:

Continuity: Despite all the signs for the family-owned gas stations saying "Heyward", at the end of the movie when the real Scott shows Diane his driver's license, the last name is spelled "Hayward".

Quotes:

James J. Jamison III: I hope you know how to take care of yourself. I call karate!
Scott Heyward: Oh, shut up.
[Scott belts James and knocks him down and out]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Chronicle: The King Is Undead (#1.20)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

How Can You Lose What You Never Had

Good Happy movie with reasonable plot, good songs and lots of beautiful girls

Good Happy movie with reasonable plot, good songs and lots of beautiful girls. Elvis plays the fabulously rich son of an oil tycoon. He fears that girls want him for his money and not for himself, so he switches places with a poor water ski instructor, who pretend to be each other.

They are at a hotel where the fabulously rich congregate and all the girls are trying to land a rich husband.

Poor Shelley Fabares is ignored by the man she hopes to land, so she has no choice but to turn to poor Elvis for help. She seems unimpressed by the beautiful songs Elvis sings to her, as she still tries to catch her millionaire. Little does she know what a choice catch Elvis would really be.

The show-down is a boat race. Elvis, who has been hiding his true identity as a high-level chemical engineer, invents an epoxy resin capable of holding a boat together at high speeds.

I liked the movie and wondered why critics panned it. I suppose that it lacks depth and soul wrenching internal conflict, but I cannot see how a movie could be better than this one. Sam Sloan