Kisses for My President

Year:

1964

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Curtis Bernhardt

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1964-12-04

Filming Locations: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Joan Staley

Fred MacMurray

Thad McCloud

Polly Bergen

Leslie McCloud

Eli Wallach

Raphael Valdez Jr.

Arlene Dahl

Doris Reid Weaver

Edward Andrews

Sen. Walsh

Donald May

Secret Service Agent John O'Connor

Harry Holcombe

Vice President Bill Richards

Ahna Capri

Gloria McCloud (as Anna Capri)

Ronnie Dapo

Peter McCloud

Richard St. John

Jackson

Bill Walker

Joseph

Adrienne Marden

Miss Higgins

Leon Alton

Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

Army Archerd

Reporter (uncredited)

Eleanor Audley

School Principal Osgood (uncredited)

John Banner

Vasiliovich Alexminitch (uncredited)

Eddy Jo Bernal

Reporter (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Miss Currier (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Photographer (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Presidential Diplomatic Aide (uncredited)

Taggart Casey

Reporter (uncredited)

Irwin Charone

TV Floor Manager (uncredited)

Robert Cleaves

Writer (uncredited)

Booth Colman

TV Producer (uncredited)

Richard Davies

Captain (uncredited)

Francis De Sales

Reporter (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Colonel (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Reporter in Oval Office (uncredited)

Edward Faulkner

Secret Service Man (uncredited)

Charles Fredericks

Blonde's Escort (uncredited)

Gregory Gaye

Nicolai Wotomkyitch (uncredited)

Phil Gordon

Sound Man (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

Ed Haskett

Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

Chuck Hicks

Senator (uncredited)

Steve Hollister

Writer (uncredited)

Erskine Johnson

Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Jones

Policeman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Reporter / Man Behind Thad at Inauguration (uncredited)

Jean Paul King

Maitre d' (uncredited)

Art Lewis

Lighting Man (uncredited)

Jon Lormer

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (uncredited)

Larry D. Mann

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Ralph Manza

Rizzutti - Mechanic (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

William Meader

TV Make-up Man (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Reporter (uncredited)

William Mims

Press Secretary Harrington (uncredited)

King Mojave

Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Reporter (uncredited)

Chuck Morrell

Deckhand on Presidential Yacht (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

White House Party Guest (uncredited)

Wilbert G. Nuttycombe

Musician (uncredited)

James O'Hara

Black (uncredited)

Kevin O'Neal

Sneaker Morton (uncredited)

Al Paige

Photographer (uncredited)

Bob Peoples

MacAdoo (uncredited)

Voltaire Perkins

Senate Chairman (uncredited)

Beverly Powers

Nana Peel - Stripper (uncredited)

Ed Prentiss

Max Kloch (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

Butler (uncredited)

Breland Rice

Steward (uncredited)

Ervin Richardson

Reporter (uncredited)

Arnold Roberts

Reporter (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Man in Outer Office (uncredited)

Vernon Scott

Reporter (uncredited)

Mike Steele

Photographer (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Inauguration Attendee (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Dignitary in Car / Senator on Committee (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

TV Crew Director (voice) (uncredited)

Brad Thomas

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Man at Party (uncredited)

Norma Varden

Miss Dinsendorff (uncredited)

Ray Walker

Ray - Assistant TV Crew Producer (uncredited)

Napoleon Whiting

Usher (uncredited)

Martin Wilkins

Kenyan Ambassador (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Last American studio film of Arlene Dahl.

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Polly Bergen was born in 1930 and would only have been 33 or 34 years old when this movie was released. The minimum age for the United States President is set by the Constitution as 35.

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According to early publicity announced prior to JFK assassination, Polly Bergen's wardrobe for the role as first female president of the US was to have been designed by Oleg Cassini, favorite couturier of then-First Lady Jackie Kennedy. For whatever reason, costumes were ultimately designed by Howard Shoup, who received an Oscar nomination for his work.

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Goofs

When Mr. Leslie is examining the First Lady's Office in the White House, he reads off the names of the portraits of former First Ladies on the wall. One of them is "Mrs. Andrew Jackson." Actually, Jackson's only wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, died in December 1828, after the Presidential election that elected her husband to his first term, but before he was officially inaugurated as President, so she never had the title of First Lady. Instead, Emily Donelson, a niece of President Jackson, served as his social hostess while Jackson was in the White House.

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During their confrontation at the end of the movie when McCloud reveals the secret dealings in Senator Walsh's life, the Senator incorrectly calls it "libel" (a false written statement) instead of the correct "slander" (a false oral statement). The Senator is a lawyer who should know the difference between the two.

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Microphone shadow on floor when kids enter Fred MacMurray's bedroom.

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Quotes

Thaddeus McCloud: I'm looking forward to some jolly times when I get to know your buzzers better.

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