Ruth Brooks Flippen


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Gidget Goes To Rome (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Hit 'Em With Rome! Starting in Malibu, Cindy Carol introduced in the title role (the 3rd, after Sandra Dee and Deborah Walley), with girlfriends Libby and Lucy (Trudi Ames, Noreen Corcoran), then James Darren as Jeff (a.k.a. “Moondoggie”), with pals Joby Baker and Peter Brooks, in Gidget Goes To Rome, 1963.
Gidget Goes To Rome (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Any Reference To My Age Just landed in Rome, James Darren as Jeff, (a.k.a. Moondoggie), with Peter Brooks and Joby Baker, greeting Jessie Royce Landis, his aunt and their chaperone, and the gals (Cindy Carol as Gidget, with Trudi Ames and Noreen Corcoran) playing along, in Gidget Goes To Rome, 1963.
Gidget Goes To Rome (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Big Italian Moon On location in Rome, James Darren as Jeff (whom she still calls “Moondoggie”) and Cindy Carol (title character), on their vacation from California, musing about the eternal city with an original song by George David Weiss and Al Kasha, in Columbia’s Gidget Goes To Rome, 1963.
Love Is Better Than Ever -- (Movie Clip) Long Beach, California Agent Jud (Larry Parks) is determined to prove he's no longer stuck-on dance instructor Staci (Elizabeth Taylor), who bamboozles him again then performs with about 200 kids, in Love Is Better Than Ever 1952.
Love Is Better Than Ever -- (Movie Clip) Gene Kelly Big-time agent Jud (Larry Parks) introduces Staci (Elizabeth Taylor), the pretty dance instructor from New Haven, to the real Gene Kelly, at "21," part of a night on the town in Love Is Better Than Ever, 1952.

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