Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (Columbia Pictures) (1966)

What the Well-Dressed Girl Spy Is Wearing in Rio de Janeiro Today! A number of stills from "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" may be used in an attentiongetting women's page fashion feature, or as the basis for a department or women's wear window ... or both! There are two possible layouts: @ Shown below is Still No. 29, of Dorothy Provine in her basic "spy" outfit. Accompany a locally-written description of this three-piece costume with an account of its "spy" potential, as follows: Still No. 29—The "all-out for action'' ensemble! Dorothy Provine, here, has just managed to penetrate the villain's underwater space laboratories; she naturally ex pects him to resent it. Still No. 14—Always ready to help a fellow-agent push a Rolls Royce along a deserted road. The agent is Michael Connors, and the car is replete with every sort of working gadget—but somebody forgot to fill the tank! Still No. 15—Jungle tribesmen no longer interested in their own womenfolk, and equally disinterested in Miss Provine, provide the spy team with a major problem: find the villain responsible! Still No. 83—Tastefully complemented by a wide gag, Miss Provine's basic outfit is just the thing for a space launch! She used the skirt as a weapon... but lost both that piece of apparel and her fight to prevent capture! @ Still No. 29 may also be used in a fashion spread which involves a number of other costumes worn by Dorothy Provine in the course of her activity as a British secret agent posing as a member of the jet-set in Rio de Janeiro. The stills and captions are: Still No. 29—For dangerous trespass situations. Still No. 41 — For yachting with villain Raf Vallone. Still No. 24—For posing as a British society girl. Still No. 47—For dining out with a suspect. Still No. 61 — For dancing with Michael Connors. Your ‘Kiss The Girls and Make Them Die’ Promotion Should Include Kisses, Naturally! A number of interesting stunts may be worked to attract attention to the picture by exploiting the word ''Kiss"' in the title of this new action-comedy-thriller. Here are a number of suggestions along this line: e A deejay can sponsor a contest asking his feminine listeners to send him a kiss by mail by putting their lip imprints on postcards, with their names and addresses and addressing them to his station. Guest Tickets may be awarded to lucky kissers via a drawing. @ Have small slips of paper available on a theatre lobby table with a placard suggesting girls put their lip prints on them. They are to write salutions to boy friends along the lines: "A Kiss For Johnny," but are to leave the imprint unsigned. Post the "'Kisses'’ on a lobby board under a heading: "Are You A Lucky One?" @ Go after tie-ups with drug and beauty stores featuring lipsticks and make-up. It may be possible to arrange for a special display of KISSING QUERY Have a deejay stationed in your theatre lobby to query young lady patrons on the art of kissing, tape recording the conversations for later broadcast. The question can be as follows: ''An early day Roman poet said a woman should be kissed firmly upon the lips. How do you like to be kissed?" Have the deejay announce the stunt in advance on his program and post a lobby board publicizing his program and his onstage appearance. SE SSS SS SSeS SSS lipsticks in your lobby with a demonstrator to recommend color, contour of lips, methods of applying, etc., for lips to be kissed. e Offer promoted prizes and guest tickets for the best photos submitted of couples kissing. Display on a lobby board and conduct a poll to select those demonstrating the best techniques. e Another deejay contest could have listeners send in postcards with titles of other films having the word "'Kiss" in them, with guest tickets to those submitting the longest lists. e Have a large glass bowl, filled with candy kisses, spotted in the lobby with a sign offering guest ticket prizes to those guessing the correct number. e Have a pretty girl walk through town with a strip of adhesive or gummed paper covering her lips, imprinted with the copy: "Not Me!" On her back she can have a sign: "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die," plus credits. @ If a charity promotion is feasible in your situation, have two or three girls stationed behind small desks in the lobby selling kisses for a dollar each, the money to be presented to the local organization sponsoring the collection drive. ¢ Conduct a poll, via a board in the lobby with copy at the top: "Do You Kiss With Your Eyes Open or Closed?" Divide board into two panels with the columns headed ''Closed" and "Open,"' so patrons can vote. FAMED TV STARS Dorothy Provine and Michael Connors are well-known to TV fans as the result of their starring appearances on the "Tightrope" and "Roaring 20's'' series, respectively. Check locally to see if either of these programs are being telecast at the time of your playdate and set up a co-op publicity campaign with the station via lobby board, newspaper ads, credits on the aired show, etc. Travel Angles The beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro provides the locale for the action in ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,"’ and some exciting scenes take place in and around the gigantic figure | of Christ which overlooks the famous harbor. Play up the travel angle as part of your picture promotion. ¢ Tie-up with travel bureaus in town, offering them stills from the picture showing scenes of Rio. Borrow travel posters featuring trips to Rio for display in the lobby. e Advertise via a lobby board or a newspaper box for scenes of Rio taken by local residents. Post them on a board with credits to the photographers. Present guest tickets for the best shots. ¢ Go after travel-wear tie-ups, luggage, etc. Canned Cuties One of the more exciting sequences in ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" involves beautiful young girls who are drugged into a state of suspended animation and preserved for the future in transparent plastic containers. When restored to active life after a lapse of time, they will have retained their original beauty and vitality. The gimmick may be exploited in two ways, as the basis of radio or TV panel discussions: "If beautiful women could be placed into a state of suspended animation for a 100 years, which of today's lovelies would you preserve for the pleasure of future generations?" or: "Would you volunteer to be preserved and then restored to active life 100 years from now?" Build a column or tube of transparent plastic or similar material large enough to hold a standing figure. Plant it in the theatre lobby, or in the window of a prominent store, with a fashion manikin, dressed in a bikini, standing inside. Sign spotted nearby can read: "Bottled Babes? Canned Cuties? See Pretty Girls Kept on Ice Until Needed, in ‘Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,' State Theatre." Surround the manikin and container with "scientific'’ apparatus—flashy lights, dials, tubing and whatever else can be rigged up to look animated—and impressive! Weight Problem! In "'Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die,"' Raf Vallone obtains $500,000,000 in gold for a secret weapon. Have a deejay walk through town and ask passersby for a quick estimate of how much this amount of gold, at $35 per ounce, would weigh (the answer is approximately 446 tons.) If person asked comes close to this amount, present him with a guest ticket. The deejay, of course, will tell listeners the background for the query and reveal his whereabouts from day to day. Page 7