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

Hubby Proves Helpful As a helpful mate and the first male ‘First Lady” in American history, Fred MacMurray hands an incoming call to his wife, the President of the United States, portrayed by Polly Bergen, in this scene from “Kisses for My President”, new Warner Bros. comedy about scrambled politics and domesticity. The film opens... ... Theatre. MacMurray and Miss Bergen star in the new thew.i.'5.3 cee at release, together with Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. “Kisses for My President” was produced and directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Mat 2-D_ Still No. 471/41 Return For Job Done Just A Little Fishy Character-actor John Banner never had it so good as when he was portraying an ambassador from Russia in “Kisses for My President”, Warner Bros.’ comedy about the first woman to become President of the United States. The new release, starring Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Eli Wallach, Arlene Dahl and Edward Andrews opens ......... at PHO s8e Se eis arena oes Theatre. For a scene in the film, Banner spent a whole working-day dining upon imported caviar. When the scene was finished, he observed to producer-director Curtis Bernhardt, “Very enjoyable. My guess is that the two-and-a-half pounds of caviar I ate today cost the company just about as much money as my whole salary check.” Warner Bros. put on its imagination-cap and conjectured what might conceivably happen were a woman to be elected President of the United States, providing that woman is chic, intelligent and conscientious, and also the wife of a successful business-executive and the mother of two growing-up children. The result of this filmic fantasying is called “Kisses for My President’’ eee. Theatre with Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach starred. In Photo 1, Polly Bergen takes the oath of office as the first female Chief Executive as her husband, Fred MacMurray, stands at her side. In Photo 2, the President confronts an unpleasant foreign relations problems in the shape of a South American dictator, played by Eli Wallach. In Photo 3, Arlene Dahl, having discovered that her old flame, MaeMurray, is unhappy as the country’s first male “First Lady,” moves in to try to revive their romance. In Photo 4, MacMurray and Wallach, supposedly on a sightseeing tour of Washington, wind up in a strip-tease joint where MacMurray by accident slugs the dictator. In Photo 5, MacMurray discovers the disastrous consequences for the President when his children, played by Anna and opens ... PAGE 4 Never Runs, But Often Holds Political’ Office Edward Andrews has been a major political figure on the American scene for years without sponsorship by any party or nomination for any political office. Andrews is an actor starred in “Kisses for My President”, new Warner Bros. comedy which opens...... at the Theatre. His fellowstars are Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl and Eli Wallach. In “Kisses for My President”, Andrews portrays a vicious-minded U. S. Senator determined to smear the First Family. eoeeee In various stage and screen productions, he has in the past been a President, a Vice-President, a Congressman, a District Attorney and a Mayor. White House Seen Better In ‘Kisses Than By Tour The White House constructed on the Warner Bros. lot for “Kisses for My President” was so realistic—and authentic—that an actual U. S. President could virtually move in and start working. In fact, members of the audience will see more of the Presidential residence in this film than if they were to take the official tour through the White House itself. No visitors are permitted in the Executive Wing or the Presidential family quarters, but replicas of both are present, and viewable, in “Kisses for My President”. The new Warner Bros. comedy, which imagines what could happen were a woman to become President of the United States, is due to open ...at the Theatre. Polly Bergen plays the feminine Chief Executive. Fred MacMurray is her ex-businessman husband who finds himself turned into the first male “First Lady” in American history. Arelene Dahl portrays a wicked divorcee who tries to snare the President’s husband. Eli Wallach is cast a South American dictator who. dotes on fast cars, boats and women. Edward Andrews plays a U.S. Senator intent on undercutting the First Family. Most of the action of “Kisses for My President” takes place in the White House, so the studio version was a realistic replica. Not only was the architecture exact but the bronzes, paintings, drapes, rugs and_silverware, too. A stroll through the Warner studio White House would give one access to sets which duplicate the White House’s first-floor East room, corridor, entry and diningroom. For the second-floor, there were sets of the oval living-room, the President’s and the First Lady’s bedrooms and the corridor. For the Executive Wing, there were sets for the President’s office, the Cabinet Room and the corridor. The Southern Portico was also reproduced, as was the entrance gate of the White House. Flower fanciers would get a special thrill from the rose garden set filled with the exact varieties to be seen in the White House gardens. ‘Kisses Actor Picks A Sort of Architecture Fred MacMurray, talking with costar Polly Bergen on the set of “Kisses for My President”, new Warner Bros. comedy due to open ..... svat theese eee Theatre, got onto the subject of ranches, a subject very close to him since he owns a big, impressive cattle-and-sheep ranch in Sonoma County, Cal. Miss Bergen asked what style of architecture he employed while building his ranchhouse. MacMurray paused for a moment, scratched his head, then drawled, “Well, I guess early Tom Mix.” Pretty Prexy Whatever their other qualities, no President of the United States ever looked quite as pretty as Polly Bergen, starred in “Kisses for My President”, the new Warner Bros. comedy spoof of politics and domesticity which opens es the AR Ie, S25) 6's, CARES, Along with Miss Bergen, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. Curtis Bernhardt produced and directed. Mat 1-A_ Still No. 471/35 (Special Publicity Still) ‘KISSES FOR MY PRESIDENT The Story in Pictures (Special Publicity Mat No. |; request from: Campaign Plan Manager, Warner Bros., at the eeeee New York, N. Y.) Keeping Busy Foreed to occupy his time because his mate, the President of the United States, is very busy, Fred MacMurray tries his hand at knitting. Scene is from “Kisses for My President”’, Warner Bros.’ new comedy about politics and family-life which opens ..... .at the ...... Theatre. MacMurray stars, along with Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews and Eli Wallach. Mat1-C Still No. 471/44 (Special Publicity Still) ‘Woman President’ Disappoints Daughter In “Kisses for My President”, new Warner Bros. comedy which opens cela siatvthe™..; Theatre, Polly Bergen holds the country’s highest office, Chief Executive. The situation proved a puzzler for her daughter, Kathy, who asked the actress to help with homework. eeeee “Unfortunately, the subject was civics,” Polly reports, “and I explained I flunked it when I was in school. “*But, Mother,’ said Kathy, ‘how could you flunk civics and still be able to play the first woman President of the United States in that movie you're making?’ ” Capri and Ronnie Dapo, bring him the newspapers with photographs of the slugging episode. In Photo 6, all ends happily for the President, her mate and her children, when it is learned she is going to be a mother again and is thereby forced to resign from office. “Kisses for My President’? was produced and directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Claude Binyon collaborated on the screenplay with Robert G. Kane.