Welcome to another edition of the Classic Collection, those posters I had BEFORE I started posting online.
JAWS 3-D:
I have JAWS and a couple of various styles of JAWS 2, so of course I would have a JAWS 3-D! And yes, I DID see this back in the day in 3D. What a piece of crap. I loved it. (But it's still crap). The poster is cool though. This used to be so darn CHEAP, too. These posters were nothing special. I've noticed them climbing and climbing and CLIMBING lately...for JAWS 3-D? Really? I guess ANYTHING "JAWS" related is a thing to get these days...
JAWS THE REVENGE:
Here is the poster that put the final nail in the JAWS franchise coffin. If you thought JAWS 3-D was bad, here's JAWS THE REVENGE. This time it's personal ...and really, really bad. I saw this at the theater---TWICE. Ha!
BARRACUDA and THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (British quad combo):
I got this for BARRACUDA, of course. THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS is NOT related to the similarly named, but alternately spelled flick by Quentin Tarantino. I had this hanging on the wall above the bathtub in my guest bathroom before I had a shower put in. Ha!
MUSCLE BEACH PARTY:
The Frankie and Annette Beach Party flicks have always been a guilty pleasure. They're inane and and fairly vacuous, but harmless and campy, too. Bond bad girl LUCIANA ("THUNDERBALL") PULUZZI stars as a rich contessa looking for a muscle man....namely Peter (TV's "Mission Impossible") Lupus (who is billed in the film--not the poster--as "Rock Stevens") who plays body building champion Flex Martian. Don Rickles (as "Jack Fanny"---think about it), Morey Amsterdam and Buddy Hackett all found work in this flick. Peter Lorre pops up at the end in a cameo, Stevie Wonder (billed as "Little Stevie Wonder") also appears. Dick Dale and the Del Tones are also in it, often seen hanging out with the Beach Party gang--and even surfing along with Frankie and company (and looking far older than any "teenager" ever should). But my favorite aspect of the movie is Candy Johnson. Candy was in the original BEACH PARTY, but here she has a name and lines. She also has her own brand of superpowers! Candy is this wild go-go dancer who always wears a lot of fringe. She has the amazing ability to launch those swinging hips at a guy (or film credits) and watch them go tumbling off as they are literally bowled over by her amazing go-go whammy! Candy went on to appear in most of the other films in the series. She was my fave. She was just so interesting (and exhausting) to watch. Sadly, she died of brain cancer in 2012. Below I'll post a video of the end credits of Muscle Beach Party featuring Candy knocking out the credits while Little Stevie Wonder sings. As a bonus, I'll include a second video (edited by someone else) showing Candy using her go-go powered wonder hips! Zowie!
BIKINI BEACH:
The third in the series... This one also features go-go dancing Candy Johnson (on the poster!). This flick featured Frankie Avalon in a dual role (as surfer Frankie and as British singing sensation, the Potato Bug!) and the fad the gang is into is drag racing. Don Rickles returns, but this time is called Big Drag. Little Stevie Wonder comes back and there is an appearance by bald surf band The Pyramids. Keenan Wynn is also in it and Boris Karloff pops up for a cameo at near the end. One of the daughters from "Pettycoat Junction", Meredith MacRae, is also in this, but is uncredited on the poster.
BEACH BLANKET BINGO:
The 4th and most well-known (!?!) of the Beach Party series, this one has the gang interested in ski diving. Don Rickles (for the final time) appears as Big Drop. Linda Evans is Sugar Cane, a singer. Her future co-star Michael "Mike" Nader is one of the Beach Party gang---and was in all of the movies, getting more and more screen time with each film. Paul Lynde plays Evans' agent. Earl Wilson is in this as is Buster Keaton. "Lost In Space" star Marta Kristen plays a mermaid!
HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI:
The 5th and final Frankie & Annette Beach movie. Frankie's part was greatly reduced (per his request) and he doesn't even get his name on the poster. Annette is visibly pregnant in this flick--although she still plays chaste and virginal. Buster Keaton is back, along with Dwayne Hickman and Mickey Rooney. The title had to be changed to "HOW TO FILL A WILD BIKINI" for Australian audiences and "Stuff" had a vulgar sexual connotation there. (I wonder what they did about the title song? Hmm.) The Frankie & Annette-less Beach Party returned for GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI.
PAJAMA PARTY:
A Beach Party movie---sort of. There were two off shoots of the official Beach Party series. This one featured both Frankie & Annette and the entire Beach Party gang (and the biker bad guys)--But Annette is playing someone besides her usual "Dee Dee"/"Dolores" character and Frankie is, well...He is a Martian commander seen only in an extended cameo. This was the last of the series to feature go-go dancing Candy Johnson. But it also features the Bride of Frankenstein herself, Elsa Lanchester along with Buster Keaton and Dorothy Lamour. Former Disney star Tommy Kirk is the male lead. He is a martian (in a total ripoff of "My Favorite Martian").
SKI PARTY:
The other Beach Party offshoot again features the regular Beach Party gang and the bad guy bikers. Frankie and Annette are in this---but again playing different characters. Frankie is a single college student. Annette (in the briefest of cameos) is a college professor (!!!). Leslie Gore and James Brown and the Famous Flames are featured along with Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig and Dwayne "Dobbie Gillis" Hickman.
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE:
Possibly one of the greatest disaster films ever made (and one that inspired a sequel, TV movie remake and a theatrical remake---all of which bombed).I love the poster art on this. I never caught this in a theater--but was glued to the television when it made its broadcast debut. Wow!
And that's it for now. Thank you for visiting. I hope to see you next time.
CHEERS!
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