''Summer Love'' is a 1958

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directed by Charles F. Haas, written by William Raynor and Herbert H. Margolis, and starred John Saxon,

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, and Molly Bee. It was double billed with '' The Big Beat'' and is a sequel to the 1956 film ''

Rock, Pretty Baby ''Rock, Pretty Baby'' is a 1956 American comedy musical film directed by Richard Bartlett and starring Sal Mineo, John Saxon and Luana Patten. Plot Young musician Jimmy Daley (Saxon) needs to come up with $300 to purchase the electric guitar he ...

''.

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 *

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as Ox Bentley *

as Joan Wright *

as Erica Landis * John Wilder as Mike Howard *

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as Thomas Daley III *

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as Beth Daley * Edward Platt as Thomas Daley *

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as Twinkie * Gordon Gebert Tad Powers * Beverly Washburn as Jackie Bronson *

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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".

Reception

It is rated 6.5/10 on the

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and 2.5/5 on

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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

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* * * 1958 films 1958 musical comedy films American black-and-white films American musical comedy films American sequel films Films directed by Charles F. Haas Films scored by Henry Mancini Films about summer camps Universal Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub