Gidget (film)
1959
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Gidget is a 1959 American CinemaScope comedy film. [3] [4] The picture stars Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren, Arthur O'Connell, and the Four Preps in a story about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her romance with a young surfer . The film—directed by Paul Wendkos —was the first of many screen ...
Gidget: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell. A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Paul Wendkos
- 1959-04-10
Directed by. Writing Credits. Gabrielle Upton. ... (screenplay) Frederick Kohner. ... (novel) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete . Sandra Dee. ... Francie Lawrence aka Gidget. James Darren. ... Jeffrey Matthews aka Moondoggie. Cliff Robertson. ... Burt Vail aka The Big Kahuna. Arthur O'Connell. ... Russell Lawrence. The Four Preps. ...
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Frances Lawrence (Sandra Dee) is a socially awkward, 16-year-old girl about to turn 17 and is on her summer break between her junior and senior years of high school. She resists the pressure to go "man-hunting" with her girlfriends and laments the days when the girls had fun together without boys.
The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget". [1] Following the novel's publication, the character appeared in several films, television series, and television movies.
Jul 11, 2019 · Movies. The surf classic ‘Gidget’ is 60 this year, and it remains the ‘absolute ultimate’. By Donald Liebenson. July 11, 2019 7 AM PT. As a teenager growing up in Malibu in the 1950s, Kathy...
Gidget (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Moondoggie Having blown off her boy-crazy peers on the beach, and before she gets nicknamed for being a girl-midget, teenage Francie (Frances Dee) gets stuck in a bed of kelp and is rescued by surfer Moondoggie (James Darren), in Gidget, 1959.
