Kiss and Make-up
Directed by Harlan Thompson
1934/USA
Paramount Pictures
First viewing
Tagline: …a racy romance of a famous beauty doctor
Cary Grant plays Dr. Maurice Lamar, a Parisian plastic surgeon and beauty expert in high demand. His efficient secretary Anne (Helen Mack) is in love with him. His “masterpiece” is Eve Caron (Genevieve Tobin), though her husband Marcel (Edward Everett Horton) does not approve of the changes the doctor has wrought and divorces her. Maurice marries Eve but is perfection all it is cracked up to be?
This movie was released just before the Production Code began to be enforced and you can sure tell by the double entendres and the amount of cheesecake on offer. In case there was any doubt, the first scene has the good doctor asking Toby Wing to disrobe and she is down to her scanties in a flash. The film also served as a showcase for the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 so there are multiple parts for the lovely starlets as the doctor’s assistants or patients.
The plot is slender and unremarkable. Good for something light or to see Cary Grant sing and look young and handsome. The art deco sets are also very nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6vPYfRO9k
Clip – Cary Grant sings “Love Divided by Two”
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