Hang around for the FUN!

In “If a Man Answers,” Mr. Darin and Miss Dee play a newly married couple who are plagued by a series of minuscule problems that make a viewer wonder if marriage is not wasted on youth. New York Times, 22 December 1962.

in Eastman COLOR

A better likeness of Sandra Dee in this Australian illustrated daybill poster for If A Man Answers (1962), but Bobby Darin looks like an overweight boxer.

Alexandra Zuck

Sandra Dee: born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck, 23 April 1942 or 1944, Bayonne, New Jersey.

Resplendent in a scintillating Jean Louis creation

“In “If a Man Answers,” Mr. Darin and Miss Dee (resplendent in seemingly dozens of scintillating Jean Louis creations) play a newly married couple who are plagued by a series of minuscule problems that make a viewer wonder if marriage is not wasted on youth. It is all meant to be light, debonair and in…

Dressed for a man to answer

If A Man Answers (1962) “Miss Dee appears chic, pretty, and, as previously noted, dressed to the nines. Mr. Darin chomps a pipe, is cool in his repartee and casual in the extreme, without adding anything noticeable to the art of acting. And Cesar Romero, as the invented lover (and father of Mr. Darin) is…

Gidget and her husband

Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin are husband and wife in private life, who represent, in some quarters, the epitome of American young-marrieds. In “If a Man Answers,” Mr. Darin and Miss Dee (resplendent in seemingly dozens of scintillating Jean Louis creations) play a newly married couple who are plagued by a series of minuscule problems…

Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee: born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck, 23 April 1942 or 1944, Bayonne, New Jersey. Married to Bobby Darin, 1 Dec 1960 – 7 Mar 1967. Son Dodd Mitchell Darin born 16 Dec 1961. Died 20 February 2005, Thousand Oaks, California. First of seven actresses to play ‘Gidget’ between 1959 and 1986; the second of three…

Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon (born 25 Mar 1936) If a Man Answers (10 Oct 1962) Messenger Beach Party (7-Aug-1963) tour guide Palm Springs Weekend (5 Nov 1963) tough guy – uncredited Pajama Party (11 Nov 1964) pajama boy Image from Aveleyman – Actor, Film & TV Vidcaps