But complications ensue when Gordon and Blythe's sailing trip ends in disaster with fierce winds and a capsized boat. Blythe naturally develops a crush on the overbearing dreamboat.

When necessary, he babies Blythe, who suffers from nightmares and a fear of the dark. Gordon acts as the protective but bossy patriarch, instructing Blythe on the finer points of cooking and cleaning. Clyde Holloway (Edward Andrews) believes his daughter is using the vacation to catch up on her studies, the truant pair are actually playing house by the sea. While Gordon's Mom Sandra Slide (Jan Sterling) vacations in Hawaii, and Blythe's father Sen. In the sunny teen comedy Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961), the kids decide to hole up instead at Gordon's mother's beach home where they can sail, sun and play without the presence of overbearing parents. Consequently, when they return to college, they begin making plans for another vacation-in a mountain hideaway in Wyoming owned by Gordon's uncle.īright-eyed, wholesome and golden-haired teenagers Gordon Slide (Tommy Sands) and Blythe Holloway (Toby Michaels) decide the best way to contend with their upcoming Easter school holiday is to skip out on family obligations. In the confusion, Gordon and Blythe discover that their feelings for each other are much more than platonic. Accusations follow, but eventually the parents realize how wrong their assumptions are. Their wild party is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Gordon's mother and Blythe's father. Blythe becomes immediately attracted to the young man and suddenly finds herself playing hostess to a rowdy crowd of Coast Guardsmen and civilians.

All goes well until the boat they are sailing capsizes whereupon Blythe is rescued by an amorous Coast Guardsman named Seppi La Barba. The two youngsters decide it would be more fun to spend the 2 weeks together, and they set themselves up at Gordon's mother's 'beach pad' at Balboa. As Easter vacation approaches, Gordon learns that his divorced mother expects him to vacation with her in Hawaii, and Blythe realizes that her father, a busy senator, wants her to join him in Denver. Their platonic relationship is based primarily upon a common bond of parental neglect. Gordon Slide and Blythe Holloway are juniors at a small college in southern California.

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