Gidget

Synopsis: Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggy. She's fascinated of his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf. Soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggy.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Paul Wendkos
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
NOT RATED
Year:
1959
95 min
578 Views


1

She acts sort of teenage

Just in-between age

Looks about 4 foot 3

Although she's just

Small fry

Just about so-high

Gidget is the one for me

A regular tomboy

But dressed for a prom

Boy, how cute

Can one gal be?

Although she's not king size

Her finger is ring size

Gidget is the one for me

If she says she loves you

You can bet your boots

She loves you

If she says she hates you

That can also mean

She loves you

It very well may be

She's just a baby

Speaking romantically

If that's a bad feature

I'll be the teacher

That's the way

It's going to be

Gidget is the one for me

This summer was

the turning point in my life.

For 16 years, I'd gone

blindly along enjoying myself

like a fool who never guesses

what's in store for her.

Then...

Oh, Patti, please...

Now, hear this,

Francie Lawrence.

The day, the hour,

and the moment has arrived.

Not for me, it hasn't.

Aw, gee, Patti, last year

and the year before,

didn't we all have a ball?

I mean, why can't we go on

being like that always?

Why do we have to spoil it all?

Keep your shirts on.

She's coming!

Oh, be realistic, Francie.

Now, ask yourself

one vital question.

To date, what has your

life added up to?

Okay, so you're an "A"

student. That's parent stuff.

Do you know anybody else

it impresses?

No, I guess not.

And as for this

king-size fiddle...

It's probably a symptom

of your whole problem.

Well, I'll go get my gear.

About her problem,

exactly what

would you say it is?

Well, she's more fish than dish.

To put it bluntly, the kid's studied

up on about everything but sex,

and let's face it, like most

of us, she's pushing 17.

Oh, not till next month.

Oh, listen, B.L.,

you don't have to go.

You've got social security

just by wearing

Buck's fraternity pin,

but take it from me,

Francie has got to make it

this summer,

or she'll be a social outcast.

Oh! Oh, hi, Mrs. Lawrence.

Oh, hello, girls.

So long, Mom.

Bye-bye, dear.

Have a good time.

Sure.

Betty-Louise, do you think

Francie didn't want to go?

Oh, she's just a bit skittish.

After all,

this is her first manhunt.

Her first what?

Manhunt!

Count them, girls.

Six gorgeous hunks of male,

almost enough

for second helpings.

Well, what's holding us up?

Well, hey!

We're, we're not just

gonna barge in on them.

Hardly.

Please, a maneuver like

this takes technique.

Hey, check this

swing, Lover Boy.

That looks like your style.

Francie...

Peel, girl.

Make like you can't

see them for sand.

We'll have them drooling.

Hey, hotshot, check this one.

Hubba, hubba, hubba.

Hey, Red! Hello, Red!

Oh, hey, look at this...

Aw...

Aw...

Did you get the look

that doll gave me?

I swear it scorched

my bathing suit half off.

What are you trying to

do, spoil the picture?

Come on, get with it.

This is supposed

to co-op venture.

My aching back.

I wonder what's

taking them so long.

You know, something's screwy.

Well, they're not even looking

this way.

Maybe they didn't notice us.

Hey, remember?

Ball!

Okay, Babe Ruth, knock it off.

Huh?

Look, set her

straight, will you,

before she has us signed up

with the major leagues.

Hey, Moondoggie,

you're not going for that

jailbait caper, are you?

Hey, kid.

Do you see those girls

over there?

Tell them the man said to take

the toy back the nursery.

All right?

The man said for me to take

the toy back to the nursery.

Well?

Aw, come off it, kids.

Those guys

just aren't interested.

So who needs them?

Honey, maybe you need

a few hormone shots.

Well, if this is a manhunt,

I'll take swimming.

I'm going to get my gear.

Well, let's call today

a dry run.

I tell you, why don't

we go to Santa Monica,

but this time

without the papoose in tow.

Yeah, Patti, all she does

is curb our operation.

Francie... you've always

been a part of a foursome.

You can't quit now.

You'll be fringed,

out in the cold.

Now, you know

you don't want that.

Well, it... it's already

happened, hasn't it, Patti?

I guess I just don't

belong anymore.

Really!

Letting eligible men see you

in an outfit like that.

Haven't you any pride?

Pride?

I guess I'll have to look up the

definition of the word again.

Okay,

so the word's around...

I'm for the birds.

Help! Help!

Help!

Help! Help! Somebody, help!

Help!

Help!

Help! Help! Somebody, help!

This is it. Now, hold

on for your life.

We're gonna shoot the curl.

You feel okay?

I... I guess.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey, Mr. Lifeguard Hero, sir!

Nice fishing, Moondoggie,

but, uh, what is it?

Hey, some pull-out, huh?

Yeah, wasn't it?

Hey, can we do it again?

For your information,

you almost drowned.

Yeah, you better listen

to Moondoggie here, miss.

See, this beach

is for surfers only.

It's too dangerous for dames.

Dames?

Oh, no, I'm no dame.

Oh, well,

what do you know?

It has all the earmarks

of a dame.

You better get your

monocle, Lord Byron.

Those are not ears.

It's a dame all right, only

kind of a pint-sized version.

Maybe she had amnesia?

If I just took her up to the...

Okay, okay, you guys,

knock it off.

Win a few, lose a few.

Be smart, kid. Why don't you

go back to your playmates.

Oh, but I haven't even thanked

you for saving my life...

Okay, so now you have.

Go on back to Mama...

and run, don't walk.

Hey, what are you, robbing

the cradle, Moondoggie?

Hey, she's a trifle

young, don't you think?

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Gabrielle Upton

Gabrielle Cecelia Upton (born 16 December 1964), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Local Government, and the Minister for Heritage since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. Upton is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Vaucluse for the Liberal Party since 2011. Upton previously served as the NSW Attorney General between April 2015 and January 2017 in the second Baird government and was the first woman to be appointed as Attorney General. She has also previously served as the New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services in the first Baird government during 2014 and 2015; and the Minister for Sport and Recreation during 2013 and 2014. more…

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