It Started with a Kiss (film)

It Started with a Kiss
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	George Marshall
Produced by	Aaron Rosenberg
Written by	Valentine Davies (story) Charles Lederer
Starring	Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Eva Gabor Edgar Buchanan Harry Morgan
Music by	Jeff Alexander
Cinematography	Robert J. Bronner
Edited by	John McSweeney Jr.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	August 19, 1959 (1959-08-19)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,789,000^[1]
Box office	$4,650,000^[1]^[2]

It Started with a Kiss is a 1959 Metrocolor film in CinemaScope starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds. It was directed by George Marshall.

Synopsis

After a whirlwind courtship, an Air Force staff sergeant who is a Korean War veteran, Joe Fitzpatrick (Glenn Ford), and his wife Maggie (Debbie Reynolds), a dancer, try to make their marriage work. Joe is posted to Spain; back in New York, his wife learns that he has won a raffle making them the owners of the custom-built 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car. The car is delivered to Spain, where it attracts attention from many people including a famous matador. The car also comes to the attention of Joe's commanding officer, who insists he ship it back to the States to avoid promoting the image of Americans as snobbishly wealthy. This upsets Maggie. In the end, Joe sells the car to the matador and he and Maggie are reconciled.

Cast

Glenn Ford as Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
Debbie Reynolds as Maggie Putnam
Eva Gabor as Marquesa Marion de la Rey
Gustavo Rojo as Antonio Soriano
Fred Clark as Maj. Gen. Tim O'Connell
Edgar Buchanan as Congressman Richard Tappe
Harry Morgan as Charles Meriden (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
Robert Warwick as Congressman Muir
Frances Bavier as Mrs. Tappe
Netta Packer as Mrs. Muir
Robert Cunningham as The Major
Alice Backes as Sally Meriden
Carmen Phillips as Belvah

Production notes

A scene in the movie recreated a well-known sequence from the 1938 film Bringing Up Baby, when Joe must walk in-step behind Maggie to hide her torn dress.

The car used in the film – of which there was only one – was later customized by George Barris and served as the Batmobile for the 1960s TV series Batman.

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $2,750,000 in the US and Canada and $1.9 million elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $582,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
↑ US and Canada figures see "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

External links

It Started with a Kiss at the Internet Movie Database
It Started with a Kiss at AllMovie
It Started with a Kiss at the TCM Movie Database
It Started with a Kiss at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by George Marshall

The Committee on Credentials (1916)
Love's Lariat (1916)
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
The Devil's Own (1916)
The Man from Montana (1917)
The Midnight Flyer (1918)
The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
Prairie Trails (1920)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Their First Mistake (1932)
Towed in a Hole (1932)
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Music Is Magic (1935)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Love Under Fire (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Battle of Broadway (1938)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Texas (1941)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Riding High (1943)
True to Life (1943)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Murder, He Says (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Hold That Blonde (1945)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
Hazard (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Savage (1952)
Off Limits (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Red Garters (1954)
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
Destry (1954)
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Sheepman (1958)
Imitation General (1958)
The Mating Game (1959)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
The Gazebo (1959)
Cry for Happy (1961)
The Happy Thieves (1961)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Dark Purpose (1964)
Advance to the Rear (1964)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Eight on the Lam (1967)
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)

Films by Charles Lederer

As director	Fingers at the Window (1942) On the Loose (1951) Never Steal Anything Small (1959)

As writer	The Front Page (1931) Cock of the Air (1932) Baby Face Harrington (1935) Mountain Music (1937) Double or Nothing (1937) Within the Law (1939) Broadway Serenade (1939) His Girl Friday (1940) I Love You Again (1940) Comrade X (1940) Love Crazy (1941) The Youngest Profession (1943) Slightly Dangerous (1943) Kiss of Death (1947) Ride the Pink Horse (1947) Her Husband's Affairs (1947) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Wabash Avenue (1950) The Thing from Another World (1951) Fearless Fagan (1952) Monkey Business (1952) O. Henry's Full House (1952) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Kismet (1955) Gaby (1956) The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) Never Steal Anything Small (1959) It Started with a Kiss (1959) Can-Can (1960) Ocean's 11 (1960) Follow That Dream (1962) Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) A Global Affair (1964)

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