The 1960s were fun and games for a group of young orphaned girls in this frothy TV version of a B-movie musical set in California in 1961.
Nick Foley (Joseph Bologna) was a millionaire bachelor playboy-businessman (his real name was Nicholas Folitini; he was the son of a bricklayer and made his fortune as the owner of the Foley Frozen Foods Company) who adopted the five girls to look more respectable (he could close more deals that way).
The five girls were strong-willed Rose (Kimiko Gelman), who was often the ringleader; charming Diane (Bridget Michele); wisecracking Marva (Tisha Campbell), who wanted to follow in Nick’s entrepreneurial footsteps; tomboy Patti (Bianca DeGarr), who hoped to become a writer; and insufferably cute little Mickey (Heidi Zeigler), who had a pet guinea pig named Herbert.
They all engaged in lots of singing and dancing, often 60s tunes with new lyrics that commented on the story.
Clapper (Douglas Seale) was the elderly Cockney butler who looked after them all in Nick’s huge Bel Air mansion.
Nick Foley
Joseph Bologna John Clapper
Douglas Seale Rose (16)
Kimiko Gelman Marva (15)
Tisha Campbell Diane (15)
Bridget Michele Patti (13)
Bianca DeGarr Mickey (7)
Heidi Zeigler
