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'Gidget'
and The Kohner Family
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"If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever." — Sally Field
'Gidget' entry at Wikipedia
'Gidget' & The Kohner Family
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Kathy Kohner Zuckerman {the real-life 'Gidget'} |
{father} writer Dr. Frederick Kohner [1905-86]
browse books by Frederick Kohner at Amazon |
movie credits
{uncle} producer-agent Paul Kohner [1902-88]
{cousin} retired actress Susan Kohner
{cousin} producer Pancho Kohner
son David Kohner Zuckerman is president of Script Coach
Gidget Novels
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"Gidget: The Little Girl With Big Ideas" [1957] by Frederick Kohner Berkley 8x5 pb reissue [6/2001] for $10.40 |
"Cher Papa" [1959]
"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" [1961 novelization]
based on screenplay by Ruth Brooks Flippin
"Gidget Goes To Rome" [1963 novelization]
based on screenplay by Ruth Brooks Flippin
"The Affairs of Gidget" [1963]
"Gidget In Love" [1965]
"Gidget Goes Parisienne" [1966]
"Gidget Goes New York" [1968]
Other Works by Frederick Kohner
"The Continental Kick" [1962]
"Mister Will You Marry Me?" []
"The Gremmie" []
"Kiki of Montparnasse" [1967] by Frederick Kohner
HB = B0006BRFMO pb = 0304932426
 | "Kiki's Memoirs" [French 1929, English 1996] by Kiki of Montparnasse Translation by Samuel Putnam; Edited by Billy Klüver & Julie Martin Alice Prin [1901-51] was the sensation of Paris in the late 1920s, appearing as 'Kiki' in paintings by Foujita, in photographs by Man Ray, in nine motion pictures, and as a singer in nightclubs. The original French edition of 1929 was translated into English in 1930, but the book was banned in the U.S.A.; this recent edition includes two original prefaces by artist Tsuguharu Foujita and writer Ernest Hemingway Ecco Press 9½x7½ pb [11/96] out of print/used |
"The Magician of Sunset Boulevard" []
Gidget Movies & Television
'Gidget' character credits at Internet Movie Database
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"The Complete Gidget Collection" [2005] Columbia/TriStar color DVD [4/2005] 3 disks for $19.96 includes "Gidget" [1959] starring Sandra Dee, "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" [1961] starring Deborah Walley & "Gidget Goes To Rome" [1963] starring Cindy Carol |
"Gidget" feature film [1959] starring Sandra Dee
"Gidget" [1959] starring Sandra Dee,
"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" feature film [1961] starring Deborah Walley
"Gidget Goes Hawaiian" [1961] starring Deborah Walley
"Gidget Goes To Rome" feature film [1963] starring Cindy Carol
"Gidget Goes To Rome" [1963] starring Cindy Carol
![Gidget TV series theme song [runs 44 sec.]](images/tinymusic.gif)
"Gidget" TV series [1965]: series credits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidget_(TV_series)
http://www.amazon.com/Gidget-Complete-Sally-Field/dp/B000E3L7DM/
'Gidget' TV series fansite
"Gidget Grows Up" TV movie [1969] starring Karen Valentine
"Gidget Gets Married" TV movie [1972] starring Monie Ellis
"Gidget Makes The Wrong Connection" animated TV movie
[Hanna-Barbera 1972] starring Kathy Gori
"Gidget's Summer Reunion" TV movie [1985] starring Caryn Richman
"The New Gidget" TV series [1986-88]: series credits
Announced in May 2010: Mark Canton is producing a 'Gidget' feature film and co-producing
a new 'Gidget' television series with Pterodactyl Productions; no info yet at IMDb
Other Gidget-Related Works
"Gidget: The Musical" {alternate title "Francie, Moondoggie & The Big Kahoona"}
performed as a four-day workshop in August 2000, produced & directed by Francis Ford Coppola;
screenplay written by Cintra Wilson, Zack Emery & Francis Ford Coppola, from the 1958 script by
Gabrielle Upton, based on the book by Frederick Kohner; music copyright 2000 by John Farrar &
Francis Ford Coppola, additional lyrics by Cintra Wilson
"Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story" docufilm [indep 2006 & 2010]
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68-minute color documentary film written & directed by Brian Gillogly; narrated by Jorja Fox; featuring actors Sally Field, Cliff Robertson, James Darren & Caryn Richman, and surfing legends Lance Carson, Mike Doyle & Mickey Munoz, and surfing champions Belen Kimble, Kassia Meador, Jericho Poppler {Bartlow}, Summer Romero & Carla Rowland
DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
"Gidget" stageplay [2007]
adapted by Terry McCabe & Marissa McKown from Kohner's 1957 novel; performed at
City Lit Theater in Chicago; directed by Marissa McKown; starring Sabrina Kramnich
Links
'Gidget' entry at Wikipedia
'Gidget' article at CoastalWatch Australia
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