Gidget (film)
1959
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Gidget is a 1959 American CinemaScope comedy film. 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.
- $1.5 million (est. US /Canada rentals)
- Lewis J. Rachmil
- Arthur Morton
1h 35m. IMDb RATING. 6.6 /10. 3.8K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:10. 2 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Drama Romance. A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer. Director. Paul Wendkos. Writers. Gabrielle Upton. Frederick Kohner. Stars. Sandra Dee. James Darren. Cliff Robertson.
- Paul Wendkos
- 50
- 2 min
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.
- Frederick Kohner
- The New Gidget: "Make Waves, Not War" (1988)
- Gidget, The Little Girl With Big Ideas (1957)
- Kathy Gori
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Overview. The Complete Gidget Collection. Number of Movies: 6. Revenue: $1,500,000. 6 movies. Sort. Gidget. April 9, 1959. Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique.
Gidget is an American sitcom television series by Screen Gems about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence.
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"Dear Diary-et al"2"In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust"William AsherRuth Brooks Flippen3"The Great Kahuna"William AsherStory by : Frederick Kohner Teleplay by : ...4"Daddy Come Home"William AsherRuth Brooks Flippen- 1
- 32 (list of episodes)
- September 15, 1965 –, April 21, 1966
- ABC
Gidget: Created by Frederick Kohner. With Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Pete Duel. Gidget is a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.
Aug 3, 2004 · The original surfer girl gets her own three-film DVD collection, dippy fun from a more innocent time. 1959's Gidget made real surfers nauseated, but it's a kicky movie with some great lounge-era lingo. Sandra Dee, perkiness personified, plays the curious teen who breaks the gender line in surfing.
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