Jackie DeShannon

Jackie DeShannon (born 21 August 1941, Hazel Kentucky): three movie credits: Surf Party (1964), Intimacy (1966) and C’mon, Let’s Live A Little (1967).

Beach blond and blonde

Tom Lisanti: “Beach Ball (one of two beach films financed by Roger Corman) was the last surf movie to be released in 1965 and it was one of the best. The producing-directing team of Bart Patton and Lennie Weinrib adapted the AIP formula to good effect. Four college dropouts living at the beach (Edd Byrnes, Aron…

Italian bombshell on Malibu beach

Don’t Make Waves (1967) based on the novel ‘Muscle Beach’: Italian bombshell Claudia Cardinale (Laura Califatti) in a rare English-speaking role with fading Hollywood star Tony Curtis (Carlo Cofield). The film opened to poor reviews and bombed at the box office. The budget was supposedly $4 million. American International Pictures far superior Muscle Beach Party…