Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969

by Thomas Lisanti and Tom Lisanti

Book Overview

Surfers loathed them, teenagers flocked to them, critics dismissed them, producers banked on them--surf and beach movies. For a short time in the 1960s they were extremely popular with younger audiences--mainly because of the shirtless surfer boys and bikini-clad beach girls, the musical performers, and the wild surfing footage.

This lavishly illustrated filmography details 32 sizzling fun-in-the-sun teenage epics from Gidget to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786472979
• ISBN13: 9780786472970
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher