| Kiss and Tell | |
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Written by | F. Hugh Herbert from his own play |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Shirley Temple Jerome Courtland Walter Abel Katharine Alexander |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Charles Nelson |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1] |
Kiss and Tell is a 1945 American comedy film starring then 17-year-old Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. In the film, two teenage girls cause their respective parents much concern when they start to become interested in boys. The parents' bickering about which girl is the worse influence causes more problems than it solves.[2]
The movie was based on the Broadway play Kiss and Tell, which was based on the Corliss Archer short stories. The stories, play and movie were all written by F. Hugh Herbert. A sequel film, A Kiss for Corliss, was released in 1949 and also starred Temple, but was not written by Herbert.
The $400,000 paid to George Abbott and Herbert for the play's film rights was a then-record in Hollywood.[3]
- ^ "Indies $70,000,000 Pix Output". Variety: 18. 3 November 1944. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Kiss and Tell (1945) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Film Rights $ Up and Up; Hollywood Gets Taken But Presitige Pix Pay." Billboard 55:49 (4 December 1943), 4.