Gidget

Gidget is a 1959 American romantic comedy teen movie about living in California. It is about a teenage girl who goes surfing. She has a romance with a young surfer.

The movie stars Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and pop singer James Darren. The movie was based on a novel by Frederick Kohner titled Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The movie was directed by Paul Wendkos.

 Legacy 
Gidget was the first beach party" movie.  It was followed by two sequel movies, various television series, several made-for-TV movies, and the parody Psycho Beach Party.

Gidget is credited by numerous sources, including a documentary movie by Stacy Peralta,  as being the single main influence to bring surfing and the surfing subculture into the American mainstream."A Generation of Gidgets" , by Jeff Spurrier, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2002 Retrieved 4 August 2009."Surfer Girl, Forever" by Hugo Martin, The Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

The movie received a 1960 Golden Laurel Award nomination for Top Female Comedy Performance for actress Sandra Dee.

 References 

 Other websites 



 Gidget at the American Film Institute Catalog

Category:1959 comedy-drama movies
Category:1959 romantic comedy movies
Category:1959 romantic drama movies
Category:American romantic drama movies
Category:American teen drama movies
Category:American teen romance movies
Category:Columbia Pictures movies
Category:1950s English-language movies
Category:Movies based on books
Category:Movies set in California
Category:Movies directed by Paul Wendkos