When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)

Danny Churchill is a young heir who tries to help Ginger, an attractive postal worker in rural Nevada, save her father's ranch from closing due to being heavily in debt with some Reno ... See full summary »

Director:

Alvin Ganzer

Writer:

Robert E. Kent

Stars:

Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Peter Noone

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Louis Armstrong
Domingo Samudio	...	Sam the Sham (as Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs)
Dave Martin	...	Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
Ray Stinnet	...	Pharaoh (as The Pharaos)
Jerry Patterson	...	Pharaoh (as The Pharaos)
Butch Gibson	...	Pharaoh (as The Pharaos)
Liberace	...	Himself
Sue Ane Langdon	...	Tess Raliegh

Storyline

Danny Churchill is a young heir who tries to help Ginger, an attractive postal worker in rural Nevada, save her father's ranch from closing due to being heavily in debt with some Reno gangster types for her father's compulsive gambling. Danny, with his college friends help, turn Ginger and her father's ranch into a motel for impending divorcees in order to get out of debit, while Danny courts Ginger, but tries to keep his past reputation a secret when his former girlfriend Tess, a spitefull gold-digger, relentlessly pursues him and his wealth.

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Plot Keywords:

based on play

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Taglines:

It makes the old young and the young scream when these song-belting stars and frug-frantic dolls get together in one great big wig-flipping howl of a jamboree!

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Genres:

Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Boy meiner Träume

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four-Leaf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ginger Gray: Mail call!

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Connections

Version of Girl Crazy (1932)

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Soundtracks

"Monkey See, Monkey Do"
Written by Johnny Farrow
Performed by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs

User Reviews

All-star teen fracas headed by Harve Presnell...Golden Globe winner for Most Promising Actor

Wretched "Let's put on a show!" nonsense. M-G-M wasted some marvelous color film stock on this witless, leering dreck, unredeemed by the presence of co-star Connie Francis and the numerous music acts who pop up against their better judgment. Remake of the Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney musical "Girl Crazy" from 1943 (itself a remake of the 1932 version), two college kids try to help out a bankrupt Reno rancher and his busty daughter, who delivers the mail. When the two guys first meet Francis, wearing work clothes and a low-setting hat, they actually think she's a he (perhaps they flunked anatomy?). Later, when Francis looks into Harve Presnell's heavily made-up eyes and fake eyebrows and feigns a swoon, one can only scoff. Presnell must be the oldest college student in cinema history; with a copper-colored toupee and ascots around his neck, he looks like one of the faculty's veteran members. Francis has a pleasant singing voice--and isn't a terrible actress--but she is defeated by the non-existent script and hopeless, leaden direction. Thank goodness grinning-like-mad Liberace is on hand to save this from the barrel's bottom. * from ****