Movies For SPRING BREAK

With Spring Break in full force, below are five movies that are (or might not be) set during that period:  


MOVIES FOR SPRING BREAK



"Where the Boys Are" (1960) - Delores Hart, George Hamilton, Paula Prentiss, Jim Hutton and Connie Francis starred in this serio-comic tale about four Midwestern college girls spending their Spring Break at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Francis sang the title song.





"Palm Beach Weekend" (1963) - Produced as a West Coast version of the previous film, this 1963 movie is about a group of Southern California college students who spend Easter week at Palm Springs, California.  Troy Donohue, Stephanie Powers, Connie Stevens, Robert Conrad and Ty Hardin starred.





"Girl Happy" (1965) - Elvis Presley starred in this funny musical comedy about a rock-and-roll singer and his band coerced into keeping an eye on the daughter of a Chicago mobster/nightclub owner during her Spring Break in For Lauderdale.  Shelley Fabares, Gary Crosby and Mary Ann Mobley co-starred.





"The Sure Thing" (1985) - A college student is forced to travel cross-country with a female schoolmate he dislikes, in order to meet a young woman his best friend has set him up with.  Directed by Rob Reiner, the movie starred John Cusak and Daphne Zuniga.





"SHAG" (1989) - Phoebe Cates, Page Hannah, Bridget Fonda and Annabeth Gish starred in this lighthearted comedy about four teenage girlfriends of various who escape their parents for a few days in 1963 for an adventure to meet boys in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.