Gidget - The Complete Series
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Actor: Betty Conner, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Pete Duel, Sally FieldBrand: Sony
Writer: Frederick Kohner
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Gidget - The Complete Series
Movie Review: The Gidget TV Show
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1957, Czech-German immigrant Frederick Kohner(1905-1986) wrote the novel Gidget: The Little Girl With Big Ideas and Columbia Pictures made three big budget Gidget feature films from the book. Kohner's daughter Kathy was the inspiration for the Frances Lawrence/Gidget character. Gidget Goes to Rome(1963) underperformed and the producers played it safe by making a Gidget TV show. It doesn't offer any exotic locations, but it has plenty of plot and character depth. The Gidget TV show got high ratings, but the network still cancelled it after one season! It only lasted 30 something episodes. A young Sally Field took the Gidget role(played by Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley, and Cindy Carol) and made it her own. Gidget is a portmanteau for "girl" and "midget" as the first Gidget movie tells us. Don Porter portrays Gidget's father. We are introduced to Gidget's shy, ugly duckling friend Larue(Lynette Winter). In this TV show, Gidget has a sister Anne(Betty Conner) and a brother-in-law played by the late Peter Duel.
Today's TV shows put an emphasis on gritty, ugly reality! Gidget(1965-1966) has a wholesome brand of fun as censorship was stronger in those days. Even in the 1960's, Gidget had to conform to a paternal, male-dominated society. In one episode, she had trouble blending in with mechanics. My favorite episode is where Gidget tries to comfort Larue after a vain beach bunny picks on her. Another good episode is where Gidget has a crush on a photographer and she's disillusioned to find out that he already has a fiancee. Sony Pictures did a superb job restoring the audio and video quality on these Gidget episodes. They're crystal clear! The unrestored episodes look like a muddy 8mm home movie. Gidget(1965) was shown in syndication in 1986. Although, the distributors had to produced The New Gidget(1986-1988) so they would have enough episodes to show. Gidget(1965-1966) is a nostalgic gem that deserves to be watched again.
Summary of Gidget - The Complete Series
Catch a wave with America's favorite southern California beach teen in GIDGET: THE COMPLETE SERIES. Join two-time Academy AwardŽ winner Sally Field (1984, Actress in a Leading Role, Places in the Heart) as perky 15-year-old Frances Elizabeth Lawrence (better known to her family and friends as Gidget), Don Porter as her ever-loving father, Russ, and a host of such soon-to-be-famous faces as Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey, Bonnie Franklin, Harvey Korman and Henry Jaglom, for 32 winning episodes of fun-in-the-sun comedy, romance and adventure.Similar DVD Movies
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