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Gidget Goes to Rome. August 7, 1963. Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating ...
Not a bad bit of light reading...haven't read any other "Gidget" books...but thoroughly enjoy the movie "Gidget Goes to Rome." The book is very, very different than the film. Thought this was a novelization of the movie, but it appears the movie was based on this novel - and vastly improved the story in celluloid!
- Frederick Kohner
Gidget Goes to Rome was the third film to be inspired by the beach-happy characters created by Frederick Kohner back in the mid-1950s. This time, surfer gal Francie "Gidget" Lawrence is played by newcomer Cindy Carol. Per the title, the film finds Gidget vacationing in the Eternal City with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie (James Darren).
Teenage Gidget (Cindy Carol) and boyfriend Moondoggie (James Darren) cause romantic confusion on vacation in Italy.
Sep 15, 2023 · In between “Gidget Goes Hawaiian” (1961) and “Gidget Goes to Rome” (1963), Kohner wrote another original Gidget story, “The Affairs of Gidget” in 1963. The general “Gidget Goes to Rome” plot of both the book and film is that Gidget and her two female friends are eager to go to Italy with Moondoggie and his two male friends.
Oct 2, 2013 · The Complete Gidget Collection (Gidget / Gidget Goes Hawaiian / Gidget Goes to Rome) $22.25 $ 22. 25. Get it as soon as Friday, May 31. Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
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The bubbly blonde prima-donna of the ocean waves (Cindy Carol) takes the Eternal City by storm in this fluffy romantic misadventure. Given permission by her parents to travel to Rome with friends, Gidget is accompanied by an eccentric Aunt and the natural exuberance and excitement of a 17-year-old girl. Moondoggie's (Darren) got competition from a suave Italian charmer when Gidget ...
