“Kisses for My President” is a comedy-drama film that was years ahead of its time, telling the story of the first woman to be elected President of the United States. Polly Bergen is featured in the title role, and pulls it off with her usual professionalism. She is teamed with Fred MacMurray, who plays her husband, providing good chemistry with Bergen.
Producer-director Curtis Bernhardt (“Beau Brummel” 1954) turned out quite a gem in what would be his final film. He started out in silent pictures with his first movie released in 1924 in his native Germany. The polished screenplay was penned by Claude Binyon and Robert G. Kane.
The supporting cast behind Bergen and MacMurray includes Edward Andrews as a powerful U. S. Senator who was Bergen’s opponent for the Oval Office, Eli Wallach as a Latin American dictator, Arlene Dahl as a wealthy businesswoman who has her eyes set on the neglected First Husband, Ronnie Dapo as the President’s son, Harry Holcombe as the Vice President, John Lormer as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as well as Donald May, Ahna Capri, Adrienne Marden, Norma Varden, Eleanor Audley, Lillian Bronson, and John Banner as the Soviet Ambassador. Banner would become famous as Sgt. Schultz on the CBS sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” (1965-1971).
Polly Bergen was 34 years old when this picture was released in 1964. Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the U. S. Constitution states that one of the qualifications for the Presidency is that the person must be at least 35 years of age to assume the office. Since this is fiction, creative license kicks in. The very watchable “Kisses for My President” is very good fiction indeed from producer Curtis Bernhardt, Pearlayne, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Kisses for My President (1964)
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“Kisses for My President” is a comedy-drama film that was years ahead of its time, telling the story of the first woman to be elected President of the United States. Polly Bergen is featured in the title role, and pulls it off with her usual professionalism. She is teamed with Fred MacMurray, who plays her husband, providing good chemistry with Bergen.
Producer-director Curtis Bernhardt (“Beau Brummel” 1954) turned out quite a gem in what would be his final film. He started out in silent pictures with his first movie released in 1924 in his native Germany. The polished screenplay was penned by Claude Binyon and Robert G. Kane.
The supporting cast behind Bergen and MacMurray includes Edward Andrews as a powerful U. S. Senator who was Bergen’s opponent for the Oval Office, Eli Wallach as a Latin American dictator, Arlene Dahl as a wealthy businesswoman who has her eyes set on the neglected First Husband, Ronnie Dapo as the President’s son, Harry Holcombe as the Vice President, John Lormer as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as well as Donald May, Ahna Capri, Adrienne Marden, Norma Varden, Eleanor Audley, Lillian Bronson, and John Banner as the Soviet Ambassador. Banner would become famous as Sgt. Schultz on the CBS sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” (1965-1971).
Polly Bergen was 34 years old when this picture was released in 1964. Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the U. S. Constitution states that one of the qualifications for the Presidency is that the person must be at least 35 years of age to assume the office. Since this is fiction, creative license kicks in. The very watchable “Kisses for My President” is very good fiction indeed from producer Curtis Bernhardt, Pearlayne, and Warner Bros. Pictures.