Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget Goes Hawaiian is a 1961 musical romantic comedy film starring Deborah Walley and James Darren. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film is a sequel to the 1959 Sandra Dee beach movie vehicle Gidget. Dee was under contract to Universal for the rival series film Tammy Tell Me True 1961 and wouldnt be released to Columbia to reprise her hit role.

The film opens with Francie Gidget Lawrence Deborah Walley and Jeff Moondoggie Matthews James Darren getting pinned. Later, Gidgets father Russ Carl Reiner announces that they are going to Hawaii for a vacation. Gidget refuses to go and leave Jeff alone Gidgets mother Dorothy Jean Donnell explains to Russ that Jeff is all that matters to Gidget. Russ decides to cancel Gidgets room reservation and make arrangements for her to stay with a relative so that she can be with Jeff. However, when Jeff tells Gidget that he thinks its great and that she should go to Hawaii, Gidget gives him back his pin, runs home and tells her folks she has changed her mind.On the plane en route to the Aloha State, Gidget meets Abby Stewart Vicki Trickett and popular dance Eddie Horner Michael Callan who is en route to a performance at a theaterrestaurant next to their hotel. They also meet three more men named Judge Hamilton Joby Baker, Larry Neal Don Edmonds, and Wally Hodges Bart Patton. Abby enjoys the fact that they will all be at the same hotel but Gidget barely reacts. Abby figures out that Gidget has just broken up and asks her to tell the story Gidget does, but in an overly dramatic way. She says it was love at first sight then she went overboard and surrendered herself completely, which Abby misinterprets as she went all the way. As the kids mingle, Gidgets parents and Abbys parents Monty Eddie Foy Jr. and Mitzi Peggy Cass are enjoying each others company. ........

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