It's a Bikini World (1967)

Directed by

Stephanie Rothman

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman disguises herself as a man to compete in a surf contest against her wealthy suitor. The film includes musical performances by 1960s bands and features a pro-feminist twist on the beach party genre.

lightheartedplayfulupbeatdatedwhimsicalcampyfast-paced

What happens

It's a Bikini World is a 1967 American musical comedy film starring Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley and Bobby Pickett. The film features cameos by the music groups the Gentrys, the Animals, Pat & Lolly Vegas, the Castaways and R&B girl group the Toys. Featuring a pro-feminist plotline, it is the only film in the beach party genre to be directed by a woman (Stephanie Rothman). This film, along with Catalina Caper (which also starred Tommy Kirk), is among the last of the beach party films. The mainstay of the once-popular genre was the series of films by American International Pictures (AIP), starting with the surprise hit Beach Party in 1963 and ending with The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini in 1966. Although AIP picked up distribution, It's a Bikini World was not an AIP film. It was produced and originally distributed by Trans American Films under the title The Girl in Daddy's Bikini. A new 35-mm print with this title was screened at the American Cinematheque in Hollywood on August 1, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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