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{{Infobox film

| name = Gidget Goes to Rome

| image = Gidget Goes to Rome 1963 poster.jpg

| caption = 1963 theatrical poster

| director = Paul Wendkos

| producer = Jerry Bresler

| writer = Ruth Brooks Flippen
Katherine Albert
Dale Eunson

| starring = Cindy Carol
James Darren

| music = John Williams

| cinematography = Enzo Barboni
Robert Bronner

| editing = William A. Lyon

| studio = Columbia Pictures

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| gross = $2,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals)

}}

'Gidget Goes to Rome' is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor feature film 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.

Plot



College-bound Gidget (Cindy Carol) is vacationing in Rome for the summer with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie (James Darren) and their friends. Chaperoning the pair is Aunt Albertina (Jessie Royce Landis). However, Gidget's father Russell, worried about his daughter being abroad, asks an old friend of his, named Paolo Cellini, to keep an eye on Gidget to see that she stays out of trouble. Complications set in when Gidget begins to fall for the much older Paolo.

Cast



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 rolep.70 Lisanti, Tom 'Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961-1974' McFarland & Company; Illustrated edition (September 22, 2015) and was signed to a Columbia Pictures contract.

Reception



Bosley Crowther noted in the 'New York Times' of 12 September 1963, "When Gidget, played with the proper pout and correct ingenuousness by Cindy Caroll[sic], arrives in Rome with her group of happy friends, she is bound to fall in love with a married and handsome Italian magazine writer, enjoy such exotic delicacies as fettucini and chicken cacciatore, and experience the thrill of attending a 'Dolce Vita' cocktail party. As one of Gidget's friends explains, it's part of her 'growing up.' Gidget falls out of love in time...and all ends happily. Jeff sums up the entire experience in two immortal sentences: 'I guess everybody falls in love in Rome in the summer time. It's that old devil Italian moon.'"

See also



*List of American films of 1963

References




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