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...Captain." Suddenly the tub sprang a leak, and pretty soon Pussycat was drifting helplessly. At last, when the table floated across the dining room, Mr. Captain and crew abandoned ship and made it to the beach, where they watched $350,000 worth of status break up in the surf...
Summer, Brown's sixth film, is an uncritical ode to sun, sand, skin and surf that first came to light on the West Coast lecture circuit, proved its box-office potential with a splashdown in landlocked Wichita, Kans. Now audiences everywhere, surf-bored by the dry run of Hollywood's beach-party musicals, may relish the joys of Summer as it follows a pair of skillful California surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on a three-month, round-the-world tour in search of the perfect wave...
...with almost nothing else on their minds is remote Cape St. Francis in South Africa, where the small, perfectly curling waves give a long, loose ride. From the shores of Ghana to Tahiti's black sand beaches to Hawaii's perilous "Pipeline"-the Mount Everest of surf-dom-chills and spills crowd onto the screen. Some are caught by a waterproofed camera that behaves like a frolicsome seal, nuzzling close enough to eye a surfer's footwork, or leaving the viewer breathless and upended under a cascade of angry white water...
...narrator, Brown sounds most at sea whenever he ventures a comment on activities ashore. Like any loquacious neighborhood, hobbyist who has gone overboard for home movies, he mixes obtuse observations of native customs with exuberant how-dy-do's ("Say hello, Lance. Atta baby!") to some of his surfing pals visited along the way. Perhaps wisely, Brown leaves analysis of the surf-cult mystique to seagoing sociologists, but demonstrates quite spiritedly that some of the brave souls mistaken for beachniks are, in fact, converts to a difficult, dangerous and dazzling sport...
...apparently going to be as busy as bees -painting their knees. Max Factor has already introduced painted designs, and other cosmetic houses have followed with everything from butterflies to zodiac signs. To be ready for the beach, Revlon has rushed onto the market waterproof paints that will withstand the surf. Other manufacturers are putting out vinyl polka dots, eyes, lips and flowers that can be pasted onto legs. There are even gaily colored decals for finger-and toenails. And just in case the message is not getting across, some teen-agers are stenciling at knee level even more legible messages...