Kiss Them for Me (film)

Kiss Them for Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStanley Donen
Screenplay byJulius Epstein
Based onKiss Them for Me
1945 play
by Luther Davis
Shore Leave
1944 novel
by Frederic Wakeman Sr.
Produced byJerry Wald
Starring
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music by
Production
company
Jerry Wald Productions
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 10, 1957 (1957-12-10) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.94 million[1]
Box office$1.8 million (US rentals)[2] or $1.3 million[3]

Kiss Them for Me is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen in CinemaScope,[4] starring Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield and model-turned-actress Suzy Parker in her first film role. The film is an adaptation of the 1945 Broadway play of the same name, itself based on Frederic Wakeman Sr.'s 1944 novel Shore Leave.[5] The supporting cast features Ray Walston, Werner Klemperer, Leif Erickson, and Larry Blyden.[4]

  1. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 250
  2. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 227
  3. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross
  4. ^ a b "Kiss Them for Me". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Life. Vol. 18, no. 17. April 23, 1945. p. 62. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved September 26, 2019 – via Google Books.