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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

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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

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Opening night cast

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Life. Vol. 18, no. 17. April 23, 1945. p. 62. ISSN 0024-3019.
  2. ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 5, 2016.
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