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Director
  
James Whale

Producer
  
Carl Laemmle, Jr.

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Mystery

Cinematography
  
Karl Freund

Country
  
United States

The Kiss Before the Mirror movie poster

Release date
  
1933 (1933)

Writer
  
Ladislas Fodor (play), William Anthony McGuire (screenplay)

Cast
  
Nancy Carroll
(Maria Held),
Frank Morgan
(Paul Held),
Paul Lukas
(Walter Bernsdorf),
Gloria Stuart
(Mrs Bernsdorf),
Jean Dixon
(Hilda Frey),
Donald Cook
(Maria's Lover)

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The Kiss Before the Mirror is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by James Whale, starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart.

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Plot

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A lawyer (Morgan) fears his own wife (Carroll) might be having an affair while he defends a cuckolded wife-killer.

Cast

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  • Nancy Carroll as Maria Held
  • Frank Morgan as Dr. Paul Held
  • Paul Lukas as Dr. Walter Bernsdorf
  • Gloria Stuart as Lucy Bernsdorf
  • Jean Dixon as Hilda
  • Donald Cook as Maria's lover
  • Charley Grapewin as Schultz (as Charles Grapewin)
  • Walter Pidgeon as Lucy's lover
  • Wallis Clark as Public Prosecutor
  • May Boley as Busybody in Courtroom
  • Christian Rub as Man on the Wrong Floor
  • Reginald Mason as Judge

    • Remake

    The Kiss Before the Mirror The Kiss Before the Mirror 1933

    The film was remade by Whale five years later as Wives Under Suspicion.


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    References

    The Kiss Before the Mirror Wikipedia
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