It Started with a Kiss

Director: George Marshall George Marshall

Overview

In this sex comedy, Joe Fitzpatrick is a United States Air Force sergeant who impulsively marries showgirl Maggie hours before he is to be shipped out for a new duty station. As the two head off to his new assignment in Spain, Maggie begins to doubt her decision.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/16/2011
UPC:	0883316369876
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	27,849

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Glenn Ford	Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Debbie Reynolds	Maggie Putnam
Eva Gabor	Marquesa de la Rey
Gustavo Rojo	Antonio Soriano
Fred Clark	Gen. O'Connell
Edgar Buchanan	Congressman Tappe
Robert Warwick	Congressman Muir
Harry Morgan	Charles Meriden
Frances Bavier	Mrs. Tappe
Netta Packer	Mrs. Muir
Bob Cunningham	The Major
Alice Backes	Sally Meriden
Carmen Phillips	Belvah
Jan Arvan	The Butler
Gene Blakely	Corporal Mack
William Boyett	Alec
Jan Brooks	WAAF
Paul Bryar	Majordomo
Marian Collier	Minor Role
Francis De Sales	Automobile Company Representative
Bess Flowers	Party Guest
Jeff Alexander	Composer

Technical Credits

Valentine Davies

Charles Lederer

Aaron Rosenberg	Producer
Valentine Davies	Screenwriter
Charles Lederer	Screenwriter
George Marshall	Director

Editorial Reviews

Let's get the main objection out of the way fast: the plot gimmick in It Started with a Kiss is absolutely ludicrous, the kind of thing that exists only so that screenwriters have a peg to hang a film on. Some people won't be able to get past this flaw, but many more will simply shake their heads and laugh it off. And why not? Aside from the premise, screenwriter Charles Lederer has done nothing wrong and quite a bit right -- and ridiculous premises in a sex comedy are pretty much par for the course anyway. Lederer makes up for it with script that is genuinely funny, even when one is aware of how much it occasionally reaches for laughs. The jokes don't come off as smarmy as they so often do in sex comedies, and the situations are well set up and almost always pay off. Clearly, Lederer is helped in this enterprise by his delightful stars. Both Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds are in fine form, physically and dramatically, and they definitely have chemistry. Watching the two of them jump through the screenplay's hoops is a great deal of fun; they seem to be enjoying themselves and so the viewer does too. George Marshall's swift and light directorial touch keeps things hopping, and with the support in the hands of Fred Clark, Edgar Buchanan, Francis Bavier and a very good Eva Gabor, it all is a tremendously fun time.