During Aunt Albertina's entrance into hotel lobby, color of blue and pink hair ribbons on her two dogs shifts from dog to dog long shots to closeups.
Although story is supposed to be set during summer vacation, film was clearly shot in winter as actors' breath frequently condenses in outdoor sequences and there are no throngs of tourists as you'd expect to see during high-season.
This is by far the worst of the three Gidget movies. The plot is ridiculous, with Gidget breaking up with Moondoggie right away of course.
Although this movie is the weakest of the three Gidget films, it's still a fun view. James Darren is back again as 'Moondoggy' - always a good thing.
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963): Dir: Paul Wendkos / Cast: Cindy Carol, James Darren, Cesare Danova, Jessie Royce Landis, Don Porter: This time the innocence of Gidget disturbs Rome where she travels to with friends while her parents secretly have someone watching out for her. Third film in the series is simple, slow and only really comes to life in the third act when it is uncertain the destiny of two key players.
This is one of my favorite movies, it features Cindy Carol. She is my idea of the perfect girl, she is so pretty and has a perfect personality.
The one thing I enjoyed was the scenery and fashion show sequence.Carol Carol is a lousy actress, and the "gang" are as equally uninteresting.
The movie itself was ok, good scenery and all, but the acting wasn't exactly the best. Cindy Carol wasa terrible choice for gidget because of a lack of acting skills.
"Gidget Goes to Rome" in 1963 was the third installment in the Gidget series of films. The first had Sandra Dee and the second Deborah Whalley as the Gidget leads.
While this is nowhere near the best "Gidget" film, it is entertaining in its own right. Cindy Carol(whatever happened to her?
RELEASED IN 1963 and directed by Paul Wendkos, "Gidget goes to Rome" chronicles events when Gidget (Cindy Carol) visits Rome with two girlfriends along with Moondoggie (James Darren) and two of his buds, but the group has to enlist the services of Judge's eccentric aunt as a chaperone (Jessie Royce Landis). While Moondoggie becomes infatuated with a beautiful guide (Danielle De Metz) Gidget finds herself drawn to a suave writer, who's much older (Cesare Danova).
