Summer Love (1958 film)

Summer Love
Directed by	Charles F. Haas
Produced by	William Grady, Jr.
Written by	William Raynor; Herbert H. Margolis
Starring	John Saxon; Molly Bee; Jill St. John
Music by	Henry Mancini
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie; Clifford Stine
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 25, 1958 (United States);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Summer Love is a 1958 black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Charles F. Haas, written by William Raynor and Herbert H. Margolis, and starred John Saxon, Jill St. John, Judi Meredith, and Molly Bee.[1] It was double billed with The Big Beat and is a sequel to the 1956 film Rock, Pretty Baby.[2]

Plot

Jimmy Daley and his band mates, Mike and Ox, land a performing date in Lake Tahoe, California. His father, a doctor, gives his approval, although he is concerned about Jimmy neglecting his education for music. Joan Wright, his girlfriend, is sorry to see Jimmy leave, but he gives her a bus ticket and invites her to come visit.

To their surprise, Jimmy and Mike discover that Ox has booked the band at a summer camp where the musicians are also expected to work. The band is joined on stage by Alice, a very good singer, while Mike cheers up even more at the sight of beautiful girls in the audience, in particular Erica Landis, whose many admirers accompany her.

Jimmy's in for more surprises. His parents show up, on vacation, bringing along kid sister Twinkie, who's just 14 but eager to begin meeting boys. Joan also arrives, in time to jealously see Erica making a play for Jimmy. Equally envious is Mike, who is head over heels in love with Erica.

Ox falls for Alice, the singer. Twinkie gets a crush on a teenaged horse trainer. As for Jimmy, who has been resisting Erica's aggressive advances, he finally shows an interest in her, whereupon Erica cools off, having made another conquest. Jimmy and Joan patch things up, and the Daleys return home from their summer adventure.

Cast

John Saxon as Jimmy Daley
Molly Bee as Alice
Rod McKuen as Ox Bentley
Judi Meredith as Joan Wright
Jill St. John as Erica Landis
John Wilder as Mike Howard
George Winslow as Thomas Daley III
Fay Wray as Beth Daley
Edward Platt as Thomas Daley
Shelley Fabares as Twinkie
Gordon Gebert Tad Powers
Beverly Washburn as Jackie Bronson
Bob Courtney as Half-Note Harris
Hylton Socher as Fingers Porter
Marjorie Durant as Hilda
Walter Reed as Mr. Reid

Production

In May 1957 Universal announced they would make a sequel to Rock Pretty Baby with John Saxon and several of the original cast, though not Sal Mineo who was "too busy".[3]

Reception

It is rated 6.5/10 on the IMDb[4] and 2.5/5 on AllMovie.[5]

Home media

Universal has not officially released Summer Love on DVD or VHS. A few bootleg DVD-R copies of varying quality exist but otherwise, not much else is known.

References

A. W. H. (June 26, 1958). "Summer Love (1958)". The New York Times.
Vagg, Stephen (July 29, 2020). "The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon". Filmink.
Saxon Starred in New Teen-age Salute; Jan Harrison Term-Pacted Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 1 May 1957: B11
Summer Love at IMDb
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v112215

External links

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[1] A. W. H. (June 26, 1958). "Summer Love (1958)". The New York Times.

[filmink-2] Vagg, Stephen (July 29, 2020). "The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon". Filmink.

[3] Saxon Starred in New Teen-age Salute; Jan Harrison Term-Pacted Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 1 May 1957: B11

[4] Summer Love at IMDb

[5] ttps://www.allmovie.com/movie/v112215