Film Friday: It Started With a Kiss (1959)
To celebrate Debbie Reynolds' 84th birthday, which happens to be today, this week on «Film Friday» I bring you one of my favourite of her films. Directed by George Marshall, It Started With a Kiss (1959) tells the story of Joe Fitzpatrick (Glenn Ford) and Maggie Putnam (Debbie Reynolds), an Air Force sergeant and a dancer who meet at a charity ball, where he purchases a raffle ticket from her for a custom-built luxury car. After a two-day courtship, Joe marries Maggie and then travels to Spain to join his company. Maggie meets him there a month later, with the news that he has won the raffle and now owns a 1955 Lincoln Futura. Although she is happy to see Joe, Maggie soon questions the sudden commitment to one another. Worried that she might get pregnant before she can determine if they are suitably matched, Maggie declares they must have a trial marriage without sex for thirty days. The following day, the car arrives at the port of Cadiz. As they drive back to Madrid, Joe and ...