The Swinging Set (1964)
"Get Yourself a College Girl" (original title)

A college co-ed tries to balance her time writing songs and dealing with her publisher whom tries to pursue her.

Director:

Sidney Miller

Writer:

Robert E. Kent

Stars:

Mary Ann Mobley, Joan O'Brien, Nancy Sinatra

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mary Ann Mobley	...	Teresa 'Terry' Taylor
Joan O'Brien	...	Marge Endicott
Nancy Sinatra	...	Lynne
Chris Noel	...	Sue Ann Mobley
Chad Everett	...	Gary Underwood
Willard Waterman	...	Senator Hubert Morrison
Fabrizio Mioni	...	Armand
James Millhollin	...	Gordon
Paul Todd	...	Ray
Donnie Brooks	...	Donnie
Hortense Petra	...	Donna, the Photographer
Dorothy Neumann	...	Miss Martha Stone, Dean of Wyndham College
Marti Barris	...	Secretary
Mario Costello	...	Bellboy
The Standells	...	The Standells

Storyline

The administrators of Wyndham Girl's College believe their institution is the model of traditional values, proper decorum and girl's deportment. There is however a thriving underground movement at the college of rock music. When the administrators learn just prior to the Christmas break that one of their students, Terry Taylor, is a renowned rock music songwriter using the pseudonym Joanie Harper whose songs contain seductively feminist lyrics, they have to decide how to deal with Terry, an otherwise academically bright student, and this possible scandal to the school. Meanwhile, many of the students head to Sun Valley for the Christmas break. Among those at the resort are the college's benefactor, Senator Hubert Morrison, who is conflicted between what he believes is Terry's immoral stance and courting the youth vote through their unofficial leader Terry, and Gary Underwood, Terry's publisher. Gary is trying to get Terry to do something she considers amoral and against her feminist ...

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Plot Keywords:

student | christmas | publisher | senator | dance teacher | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Turma Bossa Nova

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four Leaf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 1h 08 mins) Right before the scene where the blonde gets upset at the painter and storms out, the camera is positioned in such a way that reveals there to be no ceiling in the ski chalet.

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Soundtracks

"Blue Feeling"
Written by Marion Motter

User Reviews

The best thing about this movie!!

Interesting that a film like this would contain what I feel is the make-up of the most definitive Bossa Nova singer and jazz sideman ever in history!! Astrud Gilberto with her drier than a dustbowl martini voice...beautiful; the illustrious and late great Stan Getz on tenor, Gary Burton vibes (Berklee School of Music VP), Gene Cherico, bass, and Joe Hunt, drums...Buy the movie just for "The Girl From Ipanema"!! Well worth it!! Musical history!! I've met Astrud after a Midwest concert--she's as wonderful and unassuming in person as is her sweet, sparkling voice!! The best recorded rendition of "Girl From.." is the 1964 recording from Greenwich Village in New York city.