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.
