The Unkissed Bride

The Unkissed Bride (1966)

A bedtime story - but not for children

A young couple's honeymoon is disrupted by the groom's childhood obsession with Mother Goose. Unable to consummate the marriage, they head off to the psychiatrist, where the fun really begins.

Date of release
1966-10-12
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jack H. Harris

Casting

Interesting facts

The Unkissed Bride, also known as Mother Goose-A-Go-Go, is a 1966 American comedy film directed by Jack H. Harris and starring Tommy Kirk.

Production

Producer Jack H Harris was invited to the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to see what he later described as "a musical interpretation of Mother Goose stories and nursery rhymes with a naughty twist." He said he "couldn't see filming this show to have a theatrical purpose, but I worked on the idea with Richard Clair."

The film was about a young man who was rendered impotent on hearing any reference to Mother Goose stories and nursery rhymes. Harris wanted to make the film and add it to the released schedule for their distribution company. He financed the film with a cash investment from a telemarketing company in return for a 40% interest in the film.

The women's costumes came from designer Guy Tassel and the men's from Botany 500. Harris says the investor backed out of paying, resulting in Harris deciding to direct himself to save money. His wife Muriel and her partner Jim Bechtold designed and dressed the sets with borrowed set pieces. The crew consisted of only six people. Harris said he told them "it wasn't a question of how many days of shooting.

Harris says shooting took ten days and editing and post production sixty days. "It looked like a million dollar movie...[with] sexy humour and... decent performances," claimed Harris.

Anne Helm was pregnant during filming. "It was sort of funny ’cause here I was bikini-clad — the sexual aspects of the movie were so ridiculous," she recalled. "They had my boobs hanging out and me laced up in all these tight frocks, and I was three and a half months pregnant. I only remember the movie because it was an exciting time for me: It was my first child."

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