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Gidget Grows Up (1969)

Gidget Grows Up poster
Directed by
James Sheldon
Genre
comedy, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman moves to New York City to start an independent life. She encounters various eccentric characters while trying to find her way.

lighthearteddatedmildly amusinggentleupbeatnostalgicsimpleplayful

What happens

Gidget Grows Up is a 1969 American made-for-television comedy film directed by James Sheldon with stars Karen Valentine, Edward Mulhare and Paul Petersen as well as alphabetically listed special guest stars Warner Anderson, Bob Cummings, Nina Foch and Paul Lynde. Freely adapted from the novel Gidget Goes New York by Frederick Kohner, the film premiered on ABC on December 30, 1969, and was intended as a pilot for a possible new Gidget series, possibly a sequel to the 1960s sitcom Gidget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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