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Encyclopedia > Love and Kisses (film)

Love and Kisses (1965) is a U.S. comedy film starring Ricky Nelson as a young man called Buzzy Pringle who tries to grow up and emancipate himself from his middle-class parents by getting married. Based on a stage play by Anita Rowe Block, the film, which is mainly a vehicle for Nelson, also features Nelson's then spouse Kristin Harmon as Buzzy's wife Rosemary. The movie was directed by Ricky Nelson's father, Ozzie Nelson. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ... Ricky Nelson Ricky Nelson can also mean Ricky Nelson (wrestler) or Ricky Lee Nelson, baseball player. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ... Kristin Harmon (born June 25, 1945) is an American actress and painter. ...


On the day he graduates from high school, Buzzy Pringle secretly marries his girlfriend Rosemary, whom he met at school and who still has to do another year because she has flunked French. Buzzy's family are horrified on hearing the news of their wedding, especially as Buzzy, unable to care for Rosemary, suggests that for the time being he and his wife live in his old room in the Pringles' suburban home. At first Buzzy's parents suspect that Rosemary must be pregnant, but it soon turns out that neither of them has had sex before. It falls on Buzzy's father (Jack Kelly) to have a man-to-man talk with his son on the latter's wedding night and tell him all there is to know about the birds and the bees. Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ... Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jack Kelly (September 16, 1927—November 7, 1992 in Astoria, Queens, New York) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the TV series Maverick, which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. ...


The newlyweds' first marital crisis arises after only a few weeks when Rosemary, while her husband is away doing a summer job at the company his father works for, attempts to be a housewife but in fact lacks the necessary skills. The situation escalates when Buzzy finds out that it is his father rather than the company who is paying him. His confidence is temporarily shattered, but Buzzy quickly recovers and eventually is able to make some important decisions. He gets a real job and rents a small apartment and in the end is reunited with Rosemary.


The cast also includes Buzzy's mother (Madelyn Himes), his older sister Elizabeth (Sheilah Wells) and her fiancé Freddy (Jerry Van Dyke), and the Pringles' resolute housekeeper (Pert Kelton). As Buzzy is also the singer in a school band, Nelson is given ample opportunity to perform his songs (such as the title song "Love and Kisses"). Entertainment for the whole family, Love and Kisses may well be regarded as an early example of a family film. Jerry Van Dyke (born July 27, 1931, in Danville, Illinois) is an American comedian and actor. ... Pert Kelton (1907-1968) was an American vaudeville, movie, and television actress. ... A family film is a film genre that, like a childrens film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal to all members of a typical family (or if not typical...



 

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