Gidget (1959) is a Columbia Pictures feature film starring Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and James Darren in a story about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her affliated romance with a young surfer. The screenplay by Gabrielle Upton was based upon Frederick Kohner's 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The film was directed by Paul Wendkos. Gidget was the precursor to the "beach party film" genre and was f...
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Gidget (1959) is a Columbia Pictures feature film starring Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and James Darren in a story about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her affliated romance with a young surfer. The screenplay by Gabrielle Upton was based upon Frederick Kohner's 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The film was directed by Paul Wendkos. Gidget was the precursor to the "beach party film" genre and was followed by two sequel films, various television series, several telemovies, and the spoof Psycho Beach Party. Gidget received one award nomination.
On a jaunt to the beach with her bikini-clad girlfriends, flat-chested tomboy Frances Lawrence (Sandra Dee) meets surfer Moondoggie (James Darren). She takes a liking to him, but he shows no romantic interest.
At home, Francie importunes her parents for a surfboard. The Lawrences (Arthur O'Connell and Mary LaRoche) grant their daughter's request and the excited youngster returns to the beach to...
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