These Newly-Colorized Historical Photos Reveal Shocking Things

Sally Field in "Gidget"

An 18-year-old Sally Field starred in "Gidget" in 1965, and she played a free-wheeling surfer chick with a penchant for trouble. She was so inexperienced when she auditioned that she even asked the crew "which one is the camera?" For whatever reason, that won over directors.

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