When the Boys Meet the Girls

A playboy (Harve Presnell) helps a young woman (Connie Francis) turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.

• Connie Francis – Ginger Gray
• Harve Presnell – Danny Churchill
• Peter Noone – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
• Karl Green – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
• Derek Leckenby – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
• Keith Hopwood – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
• Barry Whitwam – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
• Louis Armstrong – Himself
• Buddy Catlett – Himself
• Domingo Samudio – Sam the Sham (as Sam the Sham)
• Dave Martin – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
• Ray Stinnet – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
• Jerry Patterson – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
• Butch Gibson – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
• Liberace – Himself
• Sue Ane Langdon – Tess Rawley
• Fred Clark – Bill Denning
• Frank Faylen – Phin Gray
• Joby Baker – Sam
• Hortense Petra – Kate
• Stanley Adams – Lank
• Romo Vincent – Pete
• Susan Holloway – Delilah
• Russell Collins – Mr. Stokes (as Russ Collins)
• Pepper Davis – Himself
• Bill Quinn – Dean of Colby (as William I. Quinn)
• Tony Reese – Himself

The film was a remake of MGM's Girl Crazy (1943 film). The remake was produced by Sam Katzman, who made it as the first of five films he did for the studio in 1965.[1] In April 1965 Connie Francis was attached as star.[2]

In June 1965 Jeffrey Hayden was to direct and the stars were announced as Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Paul Anka, Fran Jeffries and Louis Armstrong.[3]

The title was changed to I've Got Rhythm[4] then When the Boys Meet the Girls.[5]

Presnell played the same role as Mickey Rooney in the original. Presnell said "When we did Molly Brown on Broadway, we had a standing joke whenever I didn't do something right. I said 'Well why don't you get Mickey Rooney?'."[6]

Filming started July 1965.

It was the film debut of Herman's Hermits. MGM were so pleased with their performance they put them in a series of films.[7]

The New York Times called it "terrible".[8]

In 1966, the year after the film was released, it received some prestigious awards at that year's Laurel Awards ceremony. Harve Presnell was nominated for a Golden Laurel in the category of Musical Performance, Male for his talented musical numbers. Though he did not win, he was awarded 3rd place. Connie Francis was also nominated for a Golden Laurel in the category of Musical Performance, Female for her musical numbers. She did not win either, but came in a gratifying 4th place.

• When the Boys Meet the Girls at IMDb
• When the Boys Meet the Girls at TCMDB
• Soundtrackcollector.com
• Review at Variety
• When the Boys Meet the Girls at the British Film Institute
• Review at the Spinning Image