Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Gidget (1959)

Gidget - (Original Trailer)

A young girl (Sandra Dee) dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers.

Gidget (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Moondoggie

Having blown off her boy-crazy peers on the beach, and before she gets nicknamed for being a girl-midget, teenage Francie (Frances Dee) gets stuck in a bed of kelp and is rescued by surfer Moondoggie (James Darren), in Gidget, 1959.

Gidget (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Before You Melt

Moondoggie (James Darren), the Kahoona (Cliff Robertson) and the gang enjoy the first successful surf ride by Francie (Sandra Dee), who then exchanges snark with Joanne (Shari Layne) in Gidget, 1959.

Gidget (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Getting Straignt A's

A learning-to-surf sequence, Francie (Sandra Dee) with girlfriend B-L (Sue George), the Kahoona (Cliff Robertson), her parents (Arthur O'Connell, Mary LaRoche) and snubbed by Moondoggie (James Darren) in Gidget, 1959.