Ski Party

Director: Alan Rafkin (1965)

Cast: Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Dwayne Hickman

The 1960’s had a ton of BEACH movies, but also figured out that teens of the day loved all sorts of themes. Which brings us to a corny Frankie Avalon musical about skiing and sex appeal.This is a fun, yet corny mid-1960’s snow romp.

In this musical, college classmates Todd Armstrong (Frankie Avalon) and Craig Gamble (Dwayne Hickman) head out on a group ski vacation agreeing that if they're going to get girlfriends, they need to understand how women think. These guys decide to dress up like women and just like the late 1950’s ‘Some Like It Hot,” there are a lot of ski lodge hi-jinx. The theme of men dressing up like women to get girls is a common comedy device that would be taken to television in the late 1970’s with Tom Hanks in Bosom Buddies. This is the MUSICAL version of one of these films.

Fun fact: James Brown, Lesley Gore sing some of their huge hits of the day.