Rent The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
3.3 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 9min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After doctor Walter Bernsdorf (Paul Lukas) slays his unfaithful wife (Gloria Stuart) in a fit of jealous rage, his best friend and attorney Paul Held (Frank Morgan) promises to do all he can to spare him from the gallows. As he crafts a temporary insanity defense, the counselor starts perceiving echoes of the dead woman's behavior in his own spouse (Nancy Carroll)...and his snowballing suspicions might foment another tragedy.
- Actors:
- Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart, Jean Dixon, Donald Cook, Charley Grapewin, Walter Pidgeon, Wallis Clark, May Boley, Christian Rub, Reginald Mason, Robert Adair, Ernie Adams, Ted Billings, Julie Carter, Clay Clement, Richard Cramer, Mary Gordon, Colin Kenny
- Directors:
- James Whale
- Producers:
- Carl Laemmle Jr
- Writers:
- Ladislas Fodor, William Anthony McGuire, Emil Forst
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Holidays Film Collection, Top 10 Screen Kisses (1896-1979)
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/03/2023
- Run Time:
- 69 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2023)
- A Shattered Reflection (2023, 12 mins): video essay comparing 'The Kiss Before the Mirror' to James Whale's 1938 remake, Wives Under Suspicion, which was produced in the era of the Motion Picture Production Code
- Classification of Enlisted Men (1942, 12 mins): War Department documentary short, directed by James Whale and focusing on four inductees into the US Army
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
