Kiss and Make-Up

Kiss and Make-Up

...a racy romance of a famous beauty doctor.

1934 · 78 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Romance

Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes them. He makes Eve Caron, the wife of Marcel Caron, so satisfied with his skilled hands that she leaves Marcel and marries Maurice. They go on a Mediterranean honeymoon, where he soon finds the effects of his own beauty regulations are more than he can handle. He bids adieu to his new bride, and wings it back to Paris with the intention of giving up his practice and becoming a scientific researcher... after winning back the love of his simple, unadorned secretary, Anne.

Directed by Harlan Thompson · Written by George Marion Jr.

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Cast

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

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