Comedy, 90 min, b/w

If there were any doubts that little Shirley Temple was all grown up by 1945, those doubts were disippated by her appearance in Columbia's Kiss and Tell. Based on the mildly risque stage comedy by F. Hugh Herbert, the film casts Temple as impulsive teenager Corliss Archer, who is the only person in on the secret marriage between her GI brother and local girl Mildred Pringle (Virginia Welles). When Mildred becomes pregnant, Corliss can't reveal the marriage, since the Archers and the Pringles aren't overly fond of one another. Thus it is that Corliss herself pretends to be expecting, intending to claim Mildred's baby as her own. She further identifies her next-door boyfriend Dexter Franklin (Jerome Courtland) as the father, opening yet another can of worms. Somehow this mess straightens itself out, but not before several "chancy" scenes and lines of dialogue that must have given the Hollywood censors headaches aplenty.

Walter Abel  and Shirley Temple.

Cast (in credits order)
Shirley Temple.... Corliss Archer
Jerome Courtland.... Dexter Franklin
Walter Abel.... Harry Archer
Katharine Alexander.... Janet Archer
Robert Benchley.... Uncle George
Porter Hall.... Bill Franklin
Edna Holland.... Mary Franklin
Virginia Welles.... Mildred Pringle
Tom Tully.... Bob Pringle
Darryl Hickman.... Raymomd Pringle
Scott McKay.... Pvt. Jimmy Earhart
Scott Elliott.... Lt. Lenny Archer
Kathryn Card.... Louise
Mary Philips.... Dorothy Pringle
Darren McGavin.... Tech Sergeant
Jessie Arnold.... Mrs. Waldo
Frank Darien.... Elmer K. Waldo
Isabel Withers.... Nora Wilcox

Directed by
Richard Wallace
 
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
F. Hugh Herbert play
F. Hugh Herbert screenplay

Produced by
George Abbott.... producer
Sol C. Siegel.... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Werner R. Heymann
 
Cinematography by
Charles Lawton Jr.
 
Film Editing by
Charles Nelson
 
Art Direction by
Stephen Goosson
Van Nest Polglase
 
Set Decoration by
Joseph Kish
 
Costume Design by
Jean Louis
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Earl Bellamy.... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Jack A. Goodrich.... sound (as Jack Goodrich)
 
Other crew
William Mull.... assistant to producer
Morris Stoloff.... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Paul Sawtell.... orchestrator (uncredited)
 


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distributors
Columbia Pictures


Runtime: 90 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono