Charismatic actress and singer Annette Funicello was an incredible phenomenon in the 1950s and 1960s, yet there are things that her fans may not know about her. This is (Grunge's) untold truth of Annette Funicello.
Annette Funicello, the former Mouseketeer, movie star and peanut butter pitch-person, died at a California hospital at the age of 70. CBS News' Ben Tracy looks at her impact on pop culture.
"Rock-A-Charleston (Flapper Flip)" by Annette Funicello from Dance Annette on Buena Vista Records, 1961. Restored by David Slaughter and Paul Bunnell from an original 16mm print, February 2021.
Rock-A-Polka" by Annette Funicello from Dance Annette on Buena Vista Records, 1961. Restored by David Slaughter and Paul Bunnell from an original 16mm print, February 2021.
"Rock-A-Cha" by Annette Funicello from Dance Annette on Buena Vista Records, 1961. Restored by David Slaughter and Paul Bunnell from an original 16mm print, February 2021.
Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps a singing star, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt.
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.
Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the bikers, and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
Mary Contrary is set to marry Tom Piper when he is kidnapped by Roderigo and Gonzorgo, two goons working for the evil Barnaby who wants to marry Mary for her inheritance.
