Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford starred in two hits of 1959, both comedies , It Started with a Kiss (1959) and The Gazebo (1959). At the end of the fifties Ford was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
A penniless sergeant in the Air Force, Joe Fitzpatrick (Glenn Ford), impulsively marries a feisty nightclub showgirl named Maggie (Debbie Reynolds), who thinks money is more important than love. When Joe is reassigned to a base in Spain, Maggie follows behind, bringing with her the flashy 1955 Lincoln Futura Concept that Joe won in a contest. Believing Joe married her for sex, Maggie forbids him to consummate their marriage for 30 days, which leads to a domino effect of trouble. This was a very enjoyable flick and Debbie Reynolds has very good comedic timing ! It is on Blu-ray too !
It may have started with a Kiss, but it's the Exotic Car he won (she sold him the Ticket, that's how they met) that causes all the trouble & provides all the fun. Can't help but think it should be somewhere in the title. The experimental 1955 Lincoln Futura, the concept car that was the future model for the Batmobile. This was a very enjoyable flick
For those who may not be aware, the 1955 Lincoln Futura was a Lincoln-based concept built in Italy by world renown Pininfarina in Italy. This truly incredible concept was so space-age advanced for its day after the waterfall-type cars of the 50's, it garnered quite a lot of attention and is still enamored by those who knew it then and now. Of course this was further popularized when the original concept car was painted red and appeared in the movie "It Started With A Kiss" starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds.
At some point following the movie, this underutilized concept car sat deteriorating on a studio back-lot. Ford then supplied the original Futura to George Barris when William Dozier Productions came along in 1965 and decided to use this former concept car as the proposed "crime fighter" in the premier of the TV Batman TV Show.
Originally it started off as a $250,000 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura concept car. With a deadline of 3 weeks this Lincoln was transformed into the world's most famous car.
A penniless sergeant in the Air Force, Joe Fitzpatrick (Glenn Ford), impulsively marries a feisty nightclub showgirl named Maggie (Debbie Reynolds), who thinks money is more important than love. When Joe is reassigned to a base in Spain, Maggie follows behind, bringing with her the flashy 1955 Lincoln Futura Concept that Joe won in a contest. Believing Joe married her for sex, Maggie forbids him to consummate their marriage for 30 days, which leads to a domino effect of trouble. This was a very enjoyable flick and Debbie Reynolds has very good comedic timing ! It is on Blu-ray too !
It may have started with a Kiss, but it's the Exotic Car he won (she sold him the Ticket, that's how they met) that causes all the trouble & provides all the fun. Can't help but think it should be somewhere in the title. The experimental 1955 Lincoln Futura, the concept car that was the future model for the Batmobile. This was a very enjoyable flick
For those who may not be aware, the 1955 Lincoln Futura was a Lincoln-based concept built in Italy by world renown Pininfarina in Italy. This truly incredible concept was so space-age advanced for its day after the waterfall-type cars of the 50's, it garnered quite a lot of attention and is still enamored by those who knew it then and now. Of course this was further popularized when the original concept car was painted red and appeared in the movie "It Started With A Kiss" starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds.
At some point following the movie, this underutilized concept car sat deteriorating on a studio back-lot. Ford then supplied the original Futura to George Barris when William Dozier Productions came along in 1965 and decided to use this former concept car as the proposed "crime fighter" in the premier of the TV Batman TV Show.
Originally it started off as a $250,000 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura concept car. With a deadline of 3 weeks this Lincoln was transformed into the world's most famous car.