Gidget (film)
1959
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A collection of six comedy movies starring Sandra Dee as Gidget, a young surfer girl who falls in love with different men. The movies follow her adventures in Hawaii, Rome, New York and more.
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 .
- $1.5 million (est. US /Canada rentals)
- Lewis J. Rachmil
- Arthur Morton
Aug 3, 2004 · Gidget. Sandra Dee became a model for countless teenagers in the late 1950's when she played Gidget, a sad-faced youngster who doesn't quite measure up to the chesty, bikinied girls on the beach. Her mom's reassurances come true when two surfers start paying Gidget some attention.
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- Comedy/Classic Comedies
- DVD
- English
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.
- Paul Wendkos
- 50
- 2 min
Gidget (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ dʒ ɪ t /) is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu .
- Frederick Kohner
- The New Gidget: "Make Waves, Not War" (1988)
- Gidget, The Little Girl With Big Ideas (1957)
- Kathy Gori
Gidget Goes to Rome: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With James Darren, Cindy Carol, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova. Gidget, in Rome for a holiday, misinterprets attention she receives from a famous journalist.
Gidget Goes Hawaiian: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Carl Reiner. Gidget, on vacation in Hawaii, finds a gang of lads vying for her attention, starting a chain of romantic complications when her boyfriend arrives.
