Title: Surfing in the movies
Description: "Surfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beachboys in 1906. Before the 1950s surf craze, surfing showed up in travelogues or as exotic background for studio features. Hollywood and independent filmmakers have produced about three dozen surf films in the last half-century"--
Subjects: Surfing in motion pictures, History and criticism, Surfing films, Film criticism