The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
- Directed by
- James Whale
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman is murdered in Vienna. A lawyer defends her husband in court and starts to suspect his own wife might be unfaithful.
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What happens
The Kiss Before the Mirror is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by James Whale and starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, and Gloria Stuart. An adaptation of the Ladislas Fodor stage play of the same name, the film focuses on the torrid mystery of a young woman's murder in Vienna. Released by Universal Pictures in the spring of 1933, The Kiss Before the Mirror was made after Whale had completed The Old Dark House (1932), during a period in which he was waiting for the screenplay of his followup feature, The Invisible Man (1933), to be finalized. Whale remade the film in 1938 as Wives Under Suspicion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Matinee Idol (1933)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.