The Complete Gidget Collection (Gidget / Gidget Goes Hawaiian / Gidget Goes to Rome)

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Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) puts Deborah Walley in the title role. She's no Sandra Dee, but at least there are shots of Walley doing her own surfing stunts. The action's in Waikiki, and Gidge is pursued by a confused Moondoggie and a famous dancer. They are played by James Darren and Michael Callan, and having the two 1960s male ingenues in the same movie suggests a weird collision of matter and anti-matter. The spark goes flat in Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), with yet another new actress (Cindy Carol) paired with a loyal James Darren. It's closer to Three Coins in the Fountain than the sandy beaches of Malibu.

DVD caveat: none of the films is in widescreen. The sequels don't suffer much, but the original Gidget was shot in CinemaScope, and the pan-and-scan approach hurts the summery look of the picture--even if it's just Sandra Dee balancing in front of blue-screen waves. --Robert Horton

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(5 stars) - Best Movies ever
I absolutely love the first gidget movie.It is funny,entertaining,cute, and romantic.The other's were great too.The Dvd format was easy to use and the picture was clear.I'm sure you will love these movies too.I wish they has used the same actor for all 3, the one in the first one but they didn't.They all have really good plots and you will get to know gidget better.The effects were like any old 60's movie.You know they aren't really surfing but it is funny to watch how they did things back then.

(5 stars) - Here's another wonderful set of movies!
Here is another movie that needs to be watched over and over again. I am excited to own them know on DVD.

(5 stars) - GIDGET
I ENJOY THESE MOVIES THEY ARE LIGHT HEARTED AND FUN AND I ADORE JAMES DARREN IN THESE AND IN ALL HIS MOVIES, AND I LIKE THE SIMPLE FUN OF THESE MOVIES.

(3 stars) - GIDGET MOVIES
The first movie is great. The other movies are what I would call knock offs. It's not Gidget if it is not Sandra Dee!!!

(5 stars) - My 9 year old loved this movie
My daughter watched the first Gidget with Gidget learning to surf,this was a few years ago,she loved it and always asked when it would come on again,now that we own all three,she watches them all the time.It is a good clean old fashion movie.

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