Annette Funicello Dorothy Lamour Annette's Pajama Party Mono 1964 VG+/VG Rare

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Annette (7) With Special Guest Star Dorothy Lamour ?– Annette's Pajama Party Label: Buena Vista Records ?– BV-3325 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Vocal
A1 Pajama Party (Vocal) Vocals – Annette (7) 2:48 A2 There Has To Be A Reason Vocals – Annette (7) 2:06 A3 Beach Ball 2:05 A4 It's That Kind Of Day (Vocal) Vocals – Annette (7) 1:44 A5 Among The Young (Vocal) Vocals – Annette (7) 2:09 A6 The Maid And The Martian 2:10 B1 Pajama Party (Instrumental) 2:48 B2 Stuffed Animal Vocals – Annette (7) 2:15 B3 Among The Young 2:09 B4 Where Did I Go Wrong? Vocals – Dorothy Lamour 2:50 B5 It's That Kind Of Day (Instrumental) 1:44 Credits Written-By – Guy Hemric, Jerry Styner
Pajama Party is a 1964 beach party film starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. This is the fourth in a series of seven beach films produced by American International Pictures. The other films in this series are Beach Party (1963), Muscle Beach Party (1964), Bikini Beach (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).
This fourth entry has not always been considered a follow-up to the three films that preceded it. Several sources have noted, however, that while it is not a proper sequel, it is indeed a part of what is now termed AIP's ‘Beach Party series.’ Moreover, AIP marketed it as a sequel in its trailer, stating "The Bikini Beach Party Gang is Warming Up! – For the ‘Party’ that Takes Off – Where others Poop Out!" and "All the ‘Beach Party’ Fun … in Pajamas!"
Additional links that tie this film to the others are the return of Eric von Zipper and his Rat Pack (who previously appeared in Beach Party and Bikini Beach) and the return of Candy Johnson as Candy for the fourth time in as many films.
Regulars Frankie Avalon, Don Rickles, Annette Funicello, Jody McCrea and Donna Loren all appear (albeit with character name changes – not the first time this happens in the series, nor the last); Susan Hart makes the first of three appearances in the AIP brand of the genre; Buster Keaton makes the first of four appearances, and Bobbi Shaw makes the first appearance of five. In addition, several background players in this film (Patti Chandler, Mary Hughes, Johnny Fain, Mike Nader, Salli Sachse, Luree Holmes, Ronnie Dayton, Ed Garner, Ray Atkinson, Linda Benson, and Laura Nicholson) also appear in three or more films in the AIP brand of the genre.
The film is not to be confused with the 1963 novel Pajama Party about lesbian activities among college girls, which was banned on the grounds of obscenity.
Teenaged Martian intelligence officer 006, named Gogo (Tommy Kirk), is sent to Earth wearing an old-fashioned usher's uniform to prepare the way for a Martian invasion. The first earthling he meets, Aunt Wendy (Elsa Lanchester), is an eccentric widow who runs a dress shop. She has Gogo, now calling himself George, get dressed in a swimsuit and sends him to the beach. There he meets her nephew, Big Lunk (Jody McCrea), who enjoys volleyball but has little interest in romance, which is frustrating for his girlfriend Connie (Annette Funicello).
Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor, J. Sinister Hulk (Jesse White), and his gang (with Buster Keaton as Chief Rotten Eagle and Bobbi Shaw as the Swedish Helga) concoct a scheme to separate Aunt Wendy from her cash. Meanwhile, Eric von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) and his motorcycle gang the Rat Pack want to get revenge against the beach teenagers. George and Connie fall for each other, while Big Lunk is attracted to Helga, and for the fourth time as in many films, a giant fight breaks out at the end.
Cast Tommy Kirk as Go-Go Annette Funicello as Connie Elsa Lanchester as Aunt Wendy Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper Jesse White as J. Sinister Hulk Jody McCrea as Big Lunk Ben Lessy as Fleegle Donna Loren as Vikki Susan Hart as Jilda Bobbi Shaw as Helga Cheryl Sweeten as Francine Luree Holmes as Perfume Girl Dorothy Kilgallen as herself Candy Johnson as Candy Buster Keaton as Chief Rotten Eagle Dorothy Lamour as Head Saleslady Don Rickles as "Big Bang" the Martian Frankie Avalon as Socum Teri Garr as Pajama Girl Toni Basil as Pajama Girl Production notes Famed animator Joseph Barbera wrote a romantic comedy play which debuted on stage in Los Angeles in 1952 called The Maid and the Martian. It was about Captain Derro, a scout from Mars, who goes to Earth to help plan an invasion, but falls in love with a girl from Earth. The Los Angeles Times said the play "has strong elements and might even go to Broadway... provided it gains more completeness in plot and situation."[3] The production was directed by Gordon Hunt and starred Pat Priest and ran successfully for seven weeks.[4] The play was revived in 1954 with James Arness in the lead.[5]
In 1961 AIP announced they would make The Maid and the Martian from a script by Al Burton and Gordon Hunt, based on the play.[6] Stanley Frazen was to produce.[7] However none of those people are credited on Pajama Party despite the fact the plot shares strong similarities with the final film. Annette Funicello even recorded an upbeat song titled "The Maid and the Martian" for her Vista album "Pajama Party", leading many to conclude the film and the play are clearly one and the same.
Script This was the first movie Louis M Heyward worked on for AIP. He wrote the script in two weeks, saying he tried to do it as a cartoon "and if you look at it, it's done almost in cartoon cuts, in four-strips."[8] Heyward says the film was firmly aimed at the 15- to 25-year-old demographic. "These youngsters have the numbers, the buying power and the discrimination to make or break any film product."[9]
Heyward went on to write several other films for the studio, and became a leading executive for them.
Director Pajama Party is one of only two Beach Party films not directed by William Asher. Pajama Party and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini were both directed by Don Weis.
Cast Frankie Avalon appears in the film in all the scenes with Don Rickles, but only the back of Avalon's head is seen until the final moments. During the entire Beach Party series, this was the one and only time Donna Loren was seen in a speaking role.
Syndicated newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen's son, Kerry Kollmar, has a recurring role throughout the film as a little boy who declares disgustedly "Mush!" whenever he spies romance in action. Kilgallen herself, whose newspaper column was not accessible in Los Angeles and who was better known there as a TV game show panelist, has a tiny cameo as a woman who falls on J.D.'s motorcycle during the car chase sequence. She introduces herself saying, "My name is Dorothy – what's yours?"[10]
Cheryl Sweeten, who was the 1963 Miss Colorado and played Francine in this film, made only this one film, but she received prominent billing in the end credits.
This was the first movie Susan Hart made for AIP under her four picture contract with the studio.[11] She was one of a number of young players in the film who were under a long-term deal with AIP, the others including Donna Loren, Bobbi Shaw, Cheryl Sweeten, Mary Hughes, Michael Nader and Edward Garner.[12]
It was also the first movie Buster Keaton made for AIP. Louis M Heyward claims casting Keaton was his idea as they had worked together previously on The Faye Emerson Show.[8] and the first movie Bobbi Shaw, is playing her "ya, ya" Swedish bombshell part, Keaton's partner.[13]
Dorothy Lamour makes her last musical appearance in a film, singing "Where Did I Go Wrong?"
Choreography The dances for this film were choreographed by David Winters of Shindig! and Hullabaloo fame. Both Teri Garr and Toni Basil were Winters' students at the time.[14][15]
Production Filming started on 10 August 1964.[16]
The studio backlot used for the car chase sequence is the Warner Bros. Ranch Facility in Burbank, which was also used for the car chase sequence in Bikini Beach. The beach used for the volleyball scenes and Donna Loren's "Among the Young" song is Paradise Cove in Malibu.
Susan Hart claimed second unit footage was later shot where her legs were substituted by another person's.[17]
Product placement The film features extensive product placement of Dr Pepper soft drink (Donna Loren was known at the time as the "Dr Pepper Girl").[18] The then new Ford Mustang is also featured in several scenes.