Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are (1960)

The hilarious inside story of those rip-roaring spring vacations!

Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.

Date of release
1960-12-28
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Henry Levin

Casting

Interesting facts

Where the Boys Are is a 1960 American CinemaScope romantic comedy film directed by Henry Levin and starring Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, Barbara Nichols, Paula Prentiss, Frank Gorshin, and Connie Francis. The screenplay by George Wells is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout. The plot follows four female college students who spend spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The title song "Where the Boys Are" was sung by Francis, who played one of the foursome.

Production

Joe Pasternak bought the film rights to the novel, which originally was known as Unholy Spring, even before it was published. He assigned George Wells to write the script. MGM paid $100,000 for the rights.

"There isn't a gat, knife, or marijuana cigarette in the whole thing", said Pasternak. "These are good students. We'll use our young contract players, such as George Hamilton, Joe Cronin, Denny Miller, Alfredo Sadel, Bill Smith, Russ Tamblyn, Luana Patten, Maggie Pierce, Carmen Phillips, and Nancy Walters; then get one star to head the cast." Natalie Wood, who had just made All the Fine Young Cannibals for MGM, was mentioned as a possible star at…

MGM eventually persuaded the book's author to change the title from Unholy Spring to Where the Boys Are.

Henry Levin was signed to direct. The first two stars confirmed for the movie were George Hamilton and Yvette Mimieux. Paula Prentiss was cast despite never having made a movie. Connie Francis also made her film debut (although she had previously done voice work in Jamboree! and Rock Rock Rock!). This marked the first of three films starring Francis which featured "boys" in the title.

Joseph Pasternak had reportedly been considering Jane Fonda for the role of Merritt, but Levin recommended Dolores Hart and she wound up being cast.

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