Palm Springs Weekend

1. Posted: Apr 5 2008

   This was the first movie I saw when I was a kid. I was almost seven at the time and it was on a double bill with "The Sword and The Stone." My mum dropped my two sisters and myself off at the Altantic Theater in Long Beach, California and this movie played first. I can't tell you a thing about the Disney movie, but I remember just about every scene from Palm Springs Weekend. The '63 Thunderbird, Bugs Bunny, Stephanie Powers, Connie Stevens, the pool with the bubbles and the car chase at the end. Hard to believe, but this film made me want to work in the movies. And so I did. I have worked in film and video most of my career and I always tell people this was the film that first gave me the notion. During my career I have been fortunate to meet two of the people involved with this film, Connie Stevens and Earl Hamner Jr (the man who wrote this film) When I met with Hamner over lunch, it was to talk about his classic television show The Waltons, but his eyes lit up when I asked him about PSW. He told me several stories and we had a good laugh. A very special memory. I too would like to see this film released on DVD. It really captures a time and a generation and that '63 T Bird!

2. ( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Mar 17 2008

   "I propose a toast," announces wealthy Robert Conrad to the cast of this soundstage-bound extravaganza. "I drink to the Easter orphans, to all of us wicked little children banded together on the beaches and resorts from Florida to California to observe the rites of spring. Here's to sex, sand, and suds!" Little children? The average age of these performers -- including Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Stephanie Powers, Jerry Van Dyke and Ty Hardin -- is twenty-five, if their studio bios are to be believed. The players converge on this pasteboard Palm Springs to try to act young while discovering the mysteries of, well, sex, sand, and suds.

3. ( 10 of 10 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 4 2005

   Does anyone have inside info as to when this title will be released on DVD? I know Warner Bros. is planning on releasing many of their classic telvision shows this year (hopefully "Hawaiian Eye" will be included in that list) as part of their anniversary celebration. Hard to believe "Palm Springs Weekend" has slipped through the cracks for this long!

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