The Gidget Collection
Gidget Goes to Rome
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.
- Original title
- Gidget Goes to Rome
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Wuchak
May 29, 2018 · via TMDB
Cindy Carol is the best of the three Gidgets, plus several Rome attractions RELEASED IN 1963 and directed by Paul Wendkos, “Gidget goes to Rome” chronicles events when Gidget (Cindy Carol) visits Rome with two girlfriends along with Moondoggie (James Darren) and two of his buds, but the group has to enlist the services of Judge’s eccentric aunt as a chaperone (Jessie Royce Landis). While Moondoggie becomes infatuated with a beautiful guide (Danielle De Metz) Gidget finds herself drawn to a suave writer, who’s much older (Cesare Danova). Gidget is 18 years-old and freshly graduated from high school in this film, which means the events take place about two years after the events in the original 1959 movie. Cindy Carol was 18 during filming and makes for a superior substitute for Sandra Dee than Deborah Walley did in 1961’s “Gidget goes Hawaiian.” Deborah was charming enough, but her hair & eyes didn’t fit, plus she tended to have weak & whiney facial expressions, which detracted from what Gidget was all about as established in the first film, i.e. a precocious, tomboyish teen who was more interested in surfing and insightful exchange than kissy-kissy, although she was interested in that too; it just wasn’t her first & only priority. Honestly, Carol is my favorite of the three actresses to play Gidget in the three theatrical movies, followed by Dee. Unlike Dee, Carol has womanly curves, which are on display from the get-go at the Malibu beach, as well as in a later scene at a Rome fashion show. Like Dee, she’s also all-around kinetic and winsome. The head-turning De Metz also scores well on the feminine front, not to mention the amusing Trudi Ames (Libby) and redhead Noreen Corcoran (Lucy). Another plus is how the story naturally takes advantage of numerous tourist attractions in Rome. As such, the viewer gets his/her own tour of “the eternal city.” While the theme lacks the potent subtexts of the original movie, it’s still worthy: Get out and see the world when you have the opportunity and get cultured from every angle. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 44 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal and Rome. WRITERS: Ruth Brooks Flippen, Katherine Albert & Dale Eunson. GRADE: B
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James Darren
Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
Cindy Carol
Frances "Gidget" Lawrence
Jessie Royce Landis
Albertina Blythe
Cesare Danova
Paolo Cellini
Danielle De Metz
Daniela
Joby Baker
Judge
Trudi Ames
Libby Bennett
Noreen Corcoran
Lucy McDougall
Peter Brooks
Clay Anderson
Lisa Gastoni
Signora Cellini
Claudio Gora
Alberto
Don Porter
Russell Lawrence
Jeff Donnell
Mrs. Lawrence
Mimo Billi
Fontana Doorman (uncredited)
Eddra Gale
Fat Party Guest
Luigi Bonos
Museum Official (uncredited)
Charles Borromel
Whitefaced Poet (uncredited)
Leonardo Botta
Italian Boy (uncredited)
Mathilda Calnan
Old Party Guest (uncredited)
José Canalejas
Pinchman (uncredited)
Rod Dana
U.S. Embassy Marine (uncredited)
Eddie Foy Jr.
Beachgoer Wanting to Use Phone (uncredited)
Eddra Gale
Fat Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Kamel
Italian Boy (uncredited)
Evi Marandi
Receptionist (uncredited)
Milly
Henrietta (uncredited)
John Stacy
Drunken Butler (uncredited)
Jill Lator
(uncredited)
Enzo Barboni
Director of Photography
Paul Wendkos
Director
John Williams
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