GIDGETat HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

"Gidget", starring Sandra Dee in the title role, is the original smash hit movie that led to several sequels, including "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" & "Gidget Goes To Rome". It also inspired two different television series, the most famous being "Gidget" starring academy award winning actress Sally Field. This romantic teen-comedy centres around 16 year old Californian beach girl Gidget & her romantic encounters with 2 surfer boys ( James Darren & Cliff Robertson ) during the hot summer of 1959. Robertson plays the beach bum while Darren stars as Moondoggie, for the first time, the character that made him the pinup boy for teenage girls around the world. He was so popular in the role he went on to star in subsequent Gidget sequels. The role of Gidget lifted Sandra Dee to superstar status & she went on to star in other major Hollywood pictures such as "A Summer Place" with Troy Donahue & "The Wild & The Innocent" with American legend Audie Murphy. The original "Gidget" is a light & breezy slice of teen entertainment. It will be remembered as a fun & good-natured film that helped to made household names of actors Sandra Dee, James Darren & Cliff Robertson.

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story [DVD](2010) DVD
If you're in doubt about angels being real, wait'll you see this documentary that tells the true story behind the "Gidget" phenomenon. Along with a look at the franchise's origin as a popular novel by Frederick Kohner and subsequent film and TV adaptations, this release includes insights from Sally Field (who popularized the Gidget character on the small screen). Surf's up! 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
Gidget: The Complete Series [DVD](1965) DVD
The hit film series about a teenage Southern California surfer girl was turned into a 1965-66 ABC sitcom featuring an 18-year-old Sally Field as Frances "Gidget" Lawrence, who loved boys, the beach, and her widowed professor dad. The show also starred Don Porter and Betty Conner. <> Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette. 32 episodes on 4 discs. 13 1/3 hrs.
Gidget Goes Hawaiian [DVD](1961) DVD
In the second "Gidget" film, everyone's favorite surfin' girl is bummed to learn that her parents have planned a family vacation to Hawaii during the two weeks her boyfriend Moondoggie is home from college. Gidget heads to Waikiki where she finds fun and romance (naturally) with a dancer, but what happens when Moondoggie misses his girl and decides to make the trip himself? Deborah Walley, James Darren, Michael Callan, Peggy Cass, and Carl Reiner star. 101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English.
The Complete Gidget Collection [DVD] DVD
First, "Gidget" (1959) stars Sandra Dee as the young beach bunny who must choose between surfer boyfriends Cliff Robertson and James Darren. Arthur O'Connell, Doug McClure, Yvonne Craig co-star. Next, everyone's favorite surfin' girl (Deborah Walley) heads to Waikiki and finds fun and romance in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (1961). With Darren, Michael Callan, Peggy Cass, Carl Reiner. And, finally, when the bubbly blonde prima donna of the ocean waves (Cindy Carol) takes the Eternal City by storm, it seems Moondoggie's got some competition from a suave Italian charmer, in the fluffy romantic misadventure "Gidget Goes to Rome" (1963). Darren, Cesare Danova co-star. 5 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.