Kisses for My President (Warner Bros.) (1964)

| The President Speaks With the Great Seal of the United States in the foreground, Polly Bergen steps to the microphones to make her inaugural address as the first woman President of the U. S. Scene is from ‘‘Kisses for My President’, new Warner Bros. comedy spoof of politics and domesticity which opens ........ at the<. $3 S826 Theatre. Miss Bergen stars in the film, together with Fred MacMurray, Eli Wallach, Edward Andrews and Arlene Dahl. Curtis Bernhardt produced and directed What Could Happen With A Woman Prexy Is Shown In Kisses For My President’ Love, Politics And Domesticity Scrambled For Laughs In New Warner Bros. Comedy “Kisses for My President”, the hilarious new comedy from Warner Bros. due to open ........ at The eee Theatre, explores the possibilities of what COULD happen were a glamorous and brainy woman elected President of the United States, and her business tycoon husband became the first male “First Lady” in American history. Non-partisan, non-political and non-serious, the rollicking caper presents Fred MacMurray as the successor to Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Lincoln, et al; Polly Bergen as the country’s Chief Executive; and Arlene Dahl as a predatory female not averse to causing a domestic storm in the White House Scant ee oo gearat to get the man she wants. The charThree Sons”. MacMurray’s uproariacters of “Kisses for My President” US role as the nation’s first male bear no resemblance to anyone who “First Lady” was scripted by Claude Divorcee the picture. Mat 2-B_ Still No. 471/36 (Special Publicity Still) Shining Women Are Often Redheaded, Claims Arlene Dahl It is Arlene Dahl’s theory that Mother Eve must have been a redhead. “She had the temperament for it,’ says Arlene, “and she certainly stirred up enough trouble.” Arlene Dahl, it should be noted, is a dazzling redhead. Her latest flash is in “Kisses for My President”, which opens eon at the ........ Theatre. The new Warner Bros. comedy stars Miss Dahl along with Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Eli Wallach and Edward Andrews. Arlene contends that though only a small percentage of women is born with red hair, a large proportion of unusual females comes from this group. She points to Salome, Cleopatra, Thais, Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, as examples from history. Show business is full of them, she claims, and cites Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Olga Petrova, Kitty Gordon, Francine Larrimore, Billie Burke, Mary Garden, Blossom Seeley, Eva Tanguay, Irene Franklin, Moira Shearer, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Katherine Hepburn, Jeanette MacDonald, Greer Garson, Clara Bow, Susan Hayward, Nancy Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Lucille Ball and Maureen O’Hara —all redheaded and outstanding. Star Wallach Avoids Those Starring Parts Eli Wallach grows younger and younger—professionally. The famous dramatic actor stars in his first comedy role in Warner Bros.’ “Kisses for My President’, opening ...... abeINe ge cette Theatre, a film which shows what could happen if a woman became President of the United States. Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl and Edward Andrews also star in the new release which Curtis Bernhardt produced and directed. Wallach began his career — unofficially—at the age of 12 by portraying a 65-year-old man in a school play. “Since then I’ve graded down to playing people of my own age,” says the actor. In “Kisses for My President” he portrays a South American dictator. “T played him young,” declares Wallach. “He’s a shaggy guy with a penchant for fast sports cars and fast stripteasers. If I played him as my own age, he would seem silly.” Though he is starred in the Warner Bros. comedy, Wallach is one thespian who doesn’t chase the starring parts that come to him. “I’d rather do fat, striking supporting roles,” he states. “Get your name above the title and if you make a hit you have to play the same thing over and over again. The actor gets sick of the monotony—and sooner or later so does the public. Then you're through.” First Lady’ Pictured Fred MacMurray, as the husband of the first woman to become President of the United States—and, therefore, as the first male “‘First Lady” in American history—registers mixed feelings upon seeing his picture in the White House gallery of First Lady portraits. Scene is from “Kisses for My President”, Warner Bros.’ new fable about family-life and politics which opens ...... atthe... Theatre. MacMurray stars, together with Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. The film was produced and directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Mat 2-C_ Still No. 471/612 (Special Publicity Still) PAGE 2 actually resided in the Presidential mansion. If the characters of the new comedy are fictional, the backgrounds are factual. Bernhardt and a crew spent weeks in Washington filming scenes all over the city. Later, two floors of the White House were duplicated at the Warner studio and equipped with facsimiles of the real thing in furnishings. Fred MacMurray, one of the screen’s topline comedy stars, stepped into “Kisses for My President” fresh from such recent boxoffice hits as “The Shaggy Dog,” “The AbsentMinded Professor’ and “Son of Flubber’’, and the smash video series, “My Boss's Hushand | Long-time screen favorite Fred MacMurray stars as the husband of the first woman President in American history in “Kisses for My President”, a comedy about politics versus family-life which opens ..... avabne ce... « Theatre. The Warner Bros. release also stars Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. Curtis Bernhardt produced and directed. Mat 1-B_ Still No. 471/609 Polly Bergen Says American Girls Are The Best Dressed The American working girl is better dressed than her sisters in any other country, says Polly Bergen, starred as the mythical first woman President of the U. S. in “Kisses for My President”, Warner Bros.’ comedy opening ...... Atsthes econ iacte Theatre. Also starred in the new release are Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Eli Wallach and Edward Andrews. Curtis Bernhardt produceddirected. Polly, one of the most beautifully groomed actresses in Hollywood, is frankly and firmly sold on American designers and American clothes manufacturers. “Tn this country, a girl doesn’t have to spend a fortune on clothes to look chic,” declares the star. “AIl she needs is the patience to shop. And, of course, the taste to realize which line, color and type of garment can do the most for her. Ready-to-wear clothes in America are fabulous— and, at the same time, relatively in Binyon, a screenwriter identified with many of his previous successes. Binyon collaborated on the screenplay of “Kisses for My President” with Robert G. Kane. Polly Bergen’s original fame re sulted from her talents as a singer. Out to establish herself as an acting star, she did “straight” roles in “The Caretakers” and “Move Over, Darling” without sounding a note, and demonstrated she is as fine an actress as she is a singer. “Kisses for My President”, which gave her an opportunity to play comedy, proves she is an all-around performer. Lovely Arlene Dahl returns to the screen after several years of starring in such stage vehicles as “One Touch of Venus” and “Bell, Book and Candle”, and headlining on television and in nightclubs. In “Kisses for My President”, she is seen as a predatory divorcee who makes eyes —and also passes—at the President’s husband. She also sports a spectacular glamor girl wardrobe, designed by Howard Shoup, which is a preview of what the chic lady will wear in 1965. While playing the society Circe in “Kisses for My President”, she was correcting proofs of a book scheduled for publication, and writing her syndicated beauty column. Eli Wallach, who made a movie reputation as a dramatic actor, enacts his first comedy role in “Kisses for My President”. He portrays a South American dictator with a hunger for U. S. aid and a penchant for fast cars, fast boats and fast stripteasers. Sultry Arlene Dahl stars as an aggressive divorcee in “Kisses for My President”, funny new film fable from Warner Bros. about the consequences of a woman’s attaining the Presidency of the United States. The new release, opening ..... Tim Liven 3 aan Theatre, also stars Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. Curtis Bernhardt produced and directed the motion picture. Mat 1-D_ Still No. 471/621 (Special Publicity Still) Wallach brings all his proven thespian skills to the juicy comedy role. Anna Capri and Ronnie Dapo give charming performances as_ the daughter and son of the President who is too busy to mother them properly so that they turn into a juvenile delinquent and a brash teen-ager. “Kisses for My President”, a Pearlayne production, was produced and directed by Curtis Bernhardt, whose well-known “Bernhardt Touch” is identified with witty dialogue and sophisticated comedy _ situations. Among his earlier hits were “Beau Brummel” and “The Merry Widow”. Fast Diplomacy In the name of good diplomatic relations, Fred MacMurray, playing the husband of the first woman President of the U. S., finds himself on a hair-raising boat-trip with Eli Wallach, cast as a temperamental South American dictator. Scene is from “Kisses for My President’’, Warner Bros.’ new comedy about politics and domesticity which opens nea ioaat at the ........ Theatre. MacMurray and Wallach star in the new release, along with Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl and Edward Andrews. ‘“‘Kisses for My President”” was produced and directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Mat 2-F_ Still No. 471/15 expensive and well-made.” In general, only wealthy women are well turned-out abroad, Polly finds. If a woman can afford the big-name designers like Dior and Chanel, she can look chic, the actress claims. “But the clothes cost a fortune,” she points out. “However, the workinggirl abroad, living on a limited budget, has a hard time finding anything worth wearing on the racks. For more money than she would pay here, she gets inferior garments, poorly-made and unbecoming. If you occasionally see a smart-looking working-girl in France or Italy you can be sure she’s lucky enough to know a seamstress able to copy the models from the expensive salons.” Miss Bergen practises what she preaches. “Most of my wardrobe is ready-made,” she reveals. “I usually have two or three outfits with famous labels, for special occasions. But for day-in, day-out wear, I’m completely happy with clothes I find in shops.” © 1964, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.