Hollywood Surf and Beach Movie cover boy Aron Kincaid will be at the Long Beach, California Main Library on Saturday July 30. He will be reading excerpts from my book, which he wrote the foreword; discussing his career in 60s beach movies; and showing clips from Beach Ball and Ski Party. More details to come.

Starlet Alert!
AMC is offering back-to-back Elvis Presley movies this Monday July 11. First up at 5:30AM EST Elvis plays a juvenile delinquent down New Orleans way in King Creole (1958) with Carolyn Jones as a gun moll, Dolores Hart as the virginal good girl, and Jan Shepard as Elvis' put-upon sister.

For connisseurs of Elvis' 60s swinging musicals Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) at 7:45 AM EST has the King returning to the islands wanting to open a helicopter tour business with friend James Shigeta. The film offers beautiful scenery, lots of songs, and starlets galore: Suzanna Leigh, Marianna Hill, Julie Parrish, Irene Tsu, Linda Wong, Gigi Verone, and Deanna Lund. Jan Shepard is back too this time playing the wife of Elvis' partner.