Muscle Beach

Synopsis

Muscle Beach was shown in competition at Cannes in 1949 and won a prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1951. The short became a cult favorite, screening at film clubs around the world. Strick used an army surplus movie camera to shoot the film during weekends in the fall of 1948. The songs in “Muscle Beach,” composed and sung by political folk singer Earl Robinson, with lyrics by screenwriter and poet Edwin Rolfe, accent the film’s three-movement structure as it transitions between soaring gymnastics shows, flirty beachgoers and children playing near the now-demolished pier at Ocean Park.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Irving Lerner Joseph Strick
Sound	Music	Earl Robinson
	Songs	Earl Robinson
Writing	Lyricist	Edwin Rolfe
Department	Role	Name

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