Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget Goes Hawaiian is a 1961 American romantic comedy musical film starring James Darren, Michael Callan and Deborah Walley. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film is a sequel to the 1959 Sandra Dee beach film vehicle Gidget. Although she was interested in reprising her role as Gidget, Sandra Dee was unable to do so because Columbia Pictures had only borrowed her from Universal Pictures for the original 1959 film; Universal refused to release her under her contract so she could star in their own series film, Tammy Tell Me True (1961). The sequel expands the archetypal high school teen surfer girl's romance with her college sweetheart Moondoggie. The film is the second of three Gidget films directed by Paul Wendkos. The screenplay was written by Ruth Brooks Flippen ba