Kiss and Make-Up

Kiss and Make-Up
Kiss and Make-Up
	Lobby card
Directed by	Harlan Thompson
Written by	[de] (play); Harlan Thompson
Produced by	B. P. Schulberg
Starring	Cary Grant; Helen Mack; Genevieve Tobin
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Music by	Ralph Rainger ; John Leipold ;
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 13, 1934;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Kiss and Make-Up is a 1934 romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant as a doctor who specializes in making women beautiful. Helen Mack and Genevieve Tobin play his romantic entanglements. The film was based on the play Kozmetika by [de]. All of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 were cast in roles in the film.^[1]

Plot[]

Cast[]

Cary Grant as Dr. Maurice Lamar
Helen Mack as Anne
Genevieve Tobin as Eve Caron
Edward Everett Horton as Marcel Caron
Lucien Littlefield as Max Pascal
Mona Maris as Countess Rita
Katherine Williams as Vilma
Lucille Lund as Magda
Rafael Storm as Rolando
Doris Lloyd as Mme. Durand

Production credits[]

Harlan Thompson - director, screenplay
Jean Negulesco - associate director
B. P. Schulberg - producer
George Marion Jr. - screenplay
Jane Hinton - adaptation
Stephen Bekeffi - writer of the play on which the film was based
Ralph Rainger - music
Leo Robin - lyrics
Leon Shamroy - photography
Ernst Fegté - art director^[2]

Reception[]

Andre Sennwald of The New York Times labelled the film a "first-class lingerie bazaar and a third-class entertainment,^[3] though he thought that Grant had brought much liveliness to the part. Winthrop Sargent of Variety thought that Grant performed well as the doctor, but was of the opinion that he and Horton overplayed their parts "too strongly for laughs".^[4] Pauline Kael later praised Grant's performance and thought that he had used his skills developed in vaudeville to good use in the film, displaying a "sense of fun" with "confident, full-hearted exhibitionism".^[5]

References[]

^ Back caption, 1 May 1934 Paramount Productions, Inc., publicity photo for this film. Photo shows the director, leading lady, and the thirteen WAMPAS baby stars and identifies them as such and lists them by name and place in a caption on the rear of the photo.
^ Michael L. Stephens (1998). Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 101–103.
^ Wansell 2013, p. 36.
^ Deschner 1973, pp. 74–5.
^ Kael 1994, p. 642.

Sources[]

Deschner, Donald (1973). The Complete Films of Cary Grant. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-0376-9.
Kael, Pauline (1994). For Keeps. Dutton.
Wansell, Geoffrey (December 13, 2013) [1996]. Cary Grant, Dark Angel. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62872-336-6.

External links[]

Kiss and Make-Up at IMDb
Kiss and Make-Up at the TCM Movie Database
Kiss and Make-Up at AllMovie

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[1] Back caption, 1 May 1934 Paramount Productions, Inc., publicity photo for this film. Photo shows the director, leading lady, and the thirteen WAMPAS baby stars and identifies them as such and lists them by name and place in a caption on the rear of the photo.

[ADIC-2] Michael L. Stephens (1998). Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 101–103.

[FOOTNOTEWansell201336-3] Wansell 2013, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEDeschner197374–5-4] Deschner 1973, pp. 74–5.

[FOOTNOTEKael1994642-5] Kael 1994, p. 642.

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