Gidget

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Gidget is a 1959 American teen romantic comedy film that helped popularize surf culture and starred Sandra Dee in the title role.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas NERFINISHED
novel by Frederick Kohner
characterIn Gidget (character) NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED
colorProcess CinemaScope NERFINISHED
Eastmancolor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Paul Wendkos NERFINISHED
distributor Columbia Pictures
editedBy William A. Lyon NERFINISHED
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
genre romantic comedy
surf film
teen film
hasMainCharacter Frances Lawrence NERFINISHED
hasSequel Gidget Goes Hawaiian NERFINISHED
Gidget Goes to Rome NERFINISHED
helpedPopularize surf culture
influenced surf culture in the United States
leadActor Sandra Dee NERFINISHED
leadCharacter Gidget NERFINISHED
mainCharacterNickname Gidget NERFINISHED
medium feature film
musicBy Morrie Ryskind NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus teenage girl learning to surf and navigating romance
notableFor popularizing surfing among American teens
popularizing the Gidget character
originalLanguage English
producer Lewis J. Rachmil NERFINISHED
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate April 10, 1959
releaseYear 1959
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Gabriel Pascal NERFINISHED
settingLocation Southern California NERFINISHED
starring Arthur O'Connell NERFINISHED
Cliff Robertson NERFINISHED
James Darren NERFINISHED
Sandra Dee NERFINISHED
targetAudience teenagers
title Gidget NERFINISHED

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Sandra Dee notableWork Gidget
Jeff Donnell notableWork Gidget