Clambake (1967)
100 mins | Comedy | 8 November 1967
Director:
Arthur H. NadelWriter:
Arthur Browne Jr.Producers:
Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner, Arnold LavenCinematographer:
William MarguliesEditor:
Tom RolfProduction Designer:
Lloyd S. PapezProduction Company:
Rhodes PicturesOn 5 Apr 1966, DV announced that Arthur H. Nadel had been hired as a “floating producer” to work with Arthur Gardner, Jules Levy, and Arnold Laven on several upcoming projects, including the United Artists-Elvis Presley vehicle, Clambake. Early the following year, the 27 Jan 1967 LAT reported that Nadel would also direct.
Items in the 14 Mar and 31 Mar DV indicated that Edward Binns was temporarily attached in a supporting role, but forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
After several delays, filming began 13 Mar 1967, according to a DV production chart four days later. Although the story takes place in Miami, FL, the 23 Dec 1966 DV suggested that only second unit work was completed there, as Nadel and Laven prepared local talent for scenes at the annual Orange Bowl Regatta. The 24 Jan 1967 and 26 Apr 1967 editions indicated that principal photography took place in the Los Angeles, CA, area, including Van Nuys and the Universal Studios soundstages. Filming was completed by early summer, when a 2 May 1967 DV brief reported that Presley was scheduled to begin sound looping.
The “Film Assignments” column of the 13 Mar 1967 DV listed the names of several crewmembers whose involvement could not be confirmed in onscreen credits or other contemporary sources: Charles Dismukes (assistant director); Joe Mazzuca (script supervisor); Sy Hoffberg (camera operator); Bill Brown (assistant cameraman); Bill Carey (stills); Paddy Warfield (grip); Eugene Woods (gaffer); Herman Lipney (best boy); Bob Bone, Oscar Kipust (props); Ray Cossar (recordist); Perry Devore (editor); Lance LeGault (assistant choreographer); Chet ...
On 5 Apr 1966, DV announced that Arthur H. Nadel had been hired as a “floating producer” to work with Arthur Gardner, Jules Levy, and Arnold Laven on several upcoming projects, including the United Artists-Elvis Presley vehicle, Clambake. Early the following year, the 27 Jan 1967 LAT reported that Nadel would also direct.
Items in the 14 Mar and 31 Mar DV indicated that Edward Binns was temporarily attached in a supporting role, but forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
After several delays, filming began 13 Mar 1967, according to a DV production chart four days later. Although the story takes place in Miami, FL, the 23 Dec 1966 DV suggested that only second unit work was completed there, as Nadel and Laven prepared local talent for scenes at the annual Orange Bowl Regatta. The 24 Jan 1967 and 26 Apr 1967 editions indicated that principal photography took place in the Los Angeles, CA, area, including Van Nuys and the Universal Studios soundstages. Filming was completed by early summer, when a 2 May 1967 DV brief reported that Presley was scheduled to begin sound looping.
The “Film Assignments” column of the 13 Mar 1967 DV listed the names of several crewmembers whose involvement could not be confirmed in onscreen credits or other contemporary sources: Charles Dismukes (assistant director); Joe Mazzuca (script supervisor); Sy Hoffberg (camera operator); Bill Brown (assistant cameraman); Bill Carey (stills); Paddy Warfield (grip); Eugene Woods (gaffer); Herman Lipney (best boy); Bob Bone, Oscar Kipust (props); Ray Cossar (recordist); Perry Devore (editor); Lance LeGault (assistant choreographer); Chet Waller (transportation); and Jack Mitchell (craft service).
According to a local box-office report in the 25 Oct 1967 Var, Clambake opened in late Oct 1967 at the Lyric Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. On 6 Nov 1967, LAT announced that the citywide run would begin two days later. The New York City engagement opened the following month, on 13 Dec 1967.
One source listed “You Don’t Know Me” as an additional song performed in the film.
Texas oil heir Scott Heyward rejects the offer of a vice presidency in his father's company and sets out to make good on his own. En route to Florida, he switches identities with a young motorcyclist named Tom Wilson and takes the latter's job as a water ski instructor at a Miami hotel. While Tom, posing as Scott, checks into the hotel's presidential suite, Scott starts giving skiing lessons to fortune hunter Dianne Carter, who is out to snare playboy James Jamison III, a competitor in the annual Orange Bowl Power Boat Regatta. Although Scott is eager to impress Dianne by also competing in the event, he refuses to use one of the three boats he owns in Texas. Instead, he sticks to his vow of living only on his hotel earnings by offering to drive a boat designed by Sam Burton. Since Burton's craft went to pieces in the last race because of defective protective coating, Scott sends for an experimental hardener called "Goop," which he himself developed in his father's laboratory. On the eve of the regatta, a clash between Scott and Jamison results in Dianne's admitting that her values were warped and that she is now rooting for Scott to win. He does win, and that evening, as Scott proposes to Dianne, the true identities of Scott and Tom are revealed. Stunned to learn she is actually engaged to a multimillionaire, Dianne faints dead ...
Texas oil heir Scott Heyward rejects the offer of a vice presidency in his father's company and sets out to make good on his own. En route to Florida, he switches identities with a young motorcyclist named Tom Wilson and takes the latter's job as a water ski instructor at a Miami hotel. While Tom, posing as Scott, checks into the hotel's presidential suite, Scott starts giving skiing lessons to fortune hunter Dianne Carter, who is out to snare playboy James Jamison III, a competitor in the annual Orange Bowl Power Boat Regatta. Although Scott is eager to impress Dianne by also competing in the event, he refuses to use one of the three boats he owns in Texas. Instead, he sticks to his vow of living only on his hotel earnings by offering to drive a boat designed by Sam Burton. Since Burton's craft went to pieces in the last race because of defective protective coating, Scott sends for an experimental hardener called "Goop," which he himself developed in his father's laboratory. On the eve of the regatta, a clash between Scott and Jamison results in Dianne's admitting that her values were warped and that she is now rooting for Scott to win. He does win, and that evening, as Scott proposes to Dianne, the true identities of Scott and Tom are revealed. Stunned to learn she is actually engaged to a multimillionaire, Dianne faints dead away.
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