Where the Boys Are

Paula Prentiss signed a seven-year contract with MGM in 1960 when she was cast in this movie. She was living with boyfriend actor Richard Benjamin at the time, which was taboo in those days, and the studio didn't want her traveling on promotion junkets with a man who wasn't her spouse. So they asked the two to wed, though not before milking the wedding for publicity. Prentiss had to make long-distance calls to gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons just before the ceremony, according to People. They were married by a New York judge on Oct. 26, 1961. They are still together as of 2022.

When the kids are first introduced to Basil's jazz band, hundreds of kids rush to the bar, with the main characters in the rear. Yet, the main characters somehow manage to find one of the few tables in the bar.

"and introducing Connie Francis"