Kiss Them for Me (play)
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Kiss Them for Me is a 1945 Broadway production based on Frederic Wakeman Sr.'s 1944 novel entitled Shore Leave.[1] The play ran for 110 performances. Opening at the Belasco Theatre on March 20, 1945, it closed at the Fulton Theatre on June 23 of the same year.
Plot
[edit]The play, set in The St. Mark Hotel and a naval hospital in San Francisco, centers on three navy war heroes who have been sent on a "vacation". The morale-building trip, which is really a public relations effort, is overseen by an officer who tries to get the three to make speeches at shipyard plants, but they just want to find a good time.
Opening night production credits
[edit]- Produced by John H. Moses and Mark Hanna
- Script Written by Luther Davis; based on Shore Leave by Frederic Wakeman Sr.
- Directed by Herman Shumlin
- Scenic Design by Frederick Fox
Opening night cast
[edit]- Robert Allen ... Turnbill
- George Cory ... Chief
- Jayne Cotter ... Gwynneth
- Edward Crandall ... Lt. Commander Wallace
- Richard Davis ... Mac
- Amy Douglass ... Chief Nurse
- Paul Ford ... Mr. Hardy
- Harold Grau ... Tailor
- Judy Holliday ... Alice
- Douglas Jones ... Ensign
- Virginia Kaye ... Nurse Wilinski
- Dennis King, Jr. ... Mississip
- George Mathews ... Gunner
- John McGovern ... F. Neilson
- Patricia Quinn O'Hara ... Mrs. Hardy
- Daniel Petrie ... Charlie
- Dudley Sadler ... Hedrick
- Sonya Stokowski ... WAC
- Richard Widmark ... Crewson
Adaptations
[edit]- Kiss Them for Me, 1957 comedy film starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, directed by Stanley Donen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Life. Vol. 18, no. 17. April 23, 1945. p. 62. ISSN 0024-3019.
- ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 5, 2016.
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