Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)

That new Gidget on the loose!...and Rome's on the run!

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.

Date of release
1963-08-07
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Paul Wendkos
Collection
The Gidget Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Gidget Goes to Rome is a 1963 American romantic comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures in Eastmancolor starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally portrayed by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film Gidget. The film is the third of three Gidget films directed by Paul Wendkos and expands upon Gidget's romance with boyfriend Moondoggie. The screenplay was written by Ruth Brooks Flippen based on characters created by Frederick Kohner. Veterans of previous Gidget films making appearances include James Darren as "Moondoggie", Joby Baker, and Jean "Jeff" Donnell as Gidget's mom, Mrs. Lawrence.

Production notes

The film was shot on location in Rome, Italy, with some scenes filmed on Italian beaches. In a parody of La Dolce Vita, Gidget attends a high society party and goes into the Trevi Fountain.

With Deborah Walley pregnant at the time of filming, Cindy Carol, who had previously acted under the name Carol Sydes, took over the Gidget role and was signed to a Columbia Pictures contract.

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