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Kiss Them for Me Director: Stanley Donen Cast: Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/06/2004
  • Original Release: 1957
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 11,306

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Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [1:45]
2. Healthy American Attitudes [2:32]
3. Big Home Town Heroes [3:40]
4. A Drunken Promise [:11]
5. Bivouac'd in San Francisco [5:14]
6. The Navy, Nylons and Room 607 [2:03]
7. The Right Girl [5:36]
8. Ordering Up Orders [1:37]
9. It's Just Malaria [3:55]
10. To Kiss or Not to Kiss [3:44]
11. Out of Tune And Out of Uniform [4:01]
12. Those Things You Miss [3:30]
13. My Love Has Come Along [3:41]
14. Kiss Them All [3:06]
15. Hospital Duty [2:13]
16. The Unwounded Congressman [8:09]
17. Planning Their Futures [1:40]
18. Platinum Blondes, Paper and Pilots [3:25]
19. We're Pilots! [2:50]
20. Kiss Them for Me [6:07]

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Luther Davis' racy wartime comedy Kiss Them for Me was expurgated a bit for the 1957 film version. Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden portray three navy war heroes who've been booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Eluding their ulcerated public relations officer (Werner Klemperer), the trio arranges a wild party with plenty of pretty girls. Cary Grant is paired with knockout Suzy Parker, an icy socialite who eventually thaws under his charms. Also on hand is Jayne Mansfield, playing a "good time girl" whose profession was a bit more explicit in the original play; the role was originated by Judy Holliday, who brought a wistfulness to the character that Ms. Mansfield couldn't quite manage. TV sitcom fans will get a kick out of the supporting cast of Kiss Them For Me: Ray Walston, later star of My Favorite Martian plays a libertine navy officer; Werner Klemperer, shorn of the accent he'd use as Colonel Klink in Hogan's Heroes, is hilarious as the flustered p.r. man; and Richard Deacon (Leave It to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show) pops up unbilled as a dour businessman who can't understand the war-hero mystique. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Kiss Them for Meby Anonymous

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March 26, 2004: A dreary, stillborn wartime comedy that even Cary Grant can't save. The plot, three Navy fliers who manuever shore leave in San Francisco, offers nothing original. The supporting cast is no help, either. Ray Walston is wasted, while Larry Blyden is loud and amateurish. The female leads don't fare much better. Jayne Mansfield wiggles and jiggles embarrassingly, while beauteous model Suzy Parker's attempt at acting is pitiful to behold. Best Performance: Nathaniel Frey (from Broadway's 'Damn Yankees') as CPO Ruddle. Stanley Donen, no less, directed this mess with an all too heavy hand. You've been warned: skip this one.

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November 02, 2003: I only saw this on AMC, as the disc is not out yet. Suzy Parker's performance was awful. One problem with being a bad actress, is that you look all the worse if you are paired with an excellent actor. While she was the real leading lady in the movie, it is the slinky Mansfield who gets top-billing. (No great actress either, but what she does, she does well). The script is largely drudgery. While Cary Grant is commonly in roles as the loveable rogue who tells whoppers to get what he needs, the script makes him sound more childish than clever. In the end, it is Suzy Parker, who seems as out of place as Katherine Houghton in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' and a weak script that make this the kind of movie best suited to elderly women doing the ironing.