Gidget (film)
1959
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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.The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget". Following the novel's publication, the character ...
Aug 3, 2004 · Product Description. 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. Gidget Goes Hawaiian Gidget (Deborah Walley, Beach Blanket Bingo) is desperate: her parents ...
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Thrilled by the sensation of riding a wave, she decides to become a surfer, even though the boys deride the diminutive Francie as a "gidget," a girl midget. At home, Francie begs her doting father Russell for $21.50 to buy a used surfboard, and Russell gives her the money as an early birthday present.
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. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she’s accepted and given the nickname “Gidget”. But it’s hard work to become more than ...
Apr 5, 2006 · Based on Frederick Kohner's lightly J.D. Salinger-esque novel—or, more accurately, on the hit movie series adapted from that novel— Gidget cast Field as an impulsive, melodramatic high-school ...
Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Gidget Goes to Rome. Gidget Grows Up. Gidget's Summer Reunion. Categories: American film series. Beach party films. Gidget. Columbia Pictures franchises.
1959. |. Comedy. Sandra Dee stars as everyone's favorite teenager, Gidget. While hitting the beach during summer vacation she falls for two surfers (played by Cliff Robertson and James Darren) at the same time. Though they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf. Soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget."
