Kiss Me Again

1931
TV-G
1h 15m

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A Legionnaire in love with an aspiring opera singer is expected to marry the general's daughter, who in turn is in love with another soldier.A Legionnaire in love with an aspiring opera singer is expected to marry the general's daughter, who in turn is in love with another soldier.A Legionnaire in love with an aspiring opera singer is expected to marry the general's daughter, who in turn is in love with another soldier.

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5.5/10

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Bernice Claire

Mlle. Fifi

Edward Everett Horton

Rene

Walter Pidgeon

Paul de St. Cyr

June Collyer

Marie

Frank McHugh

Francois

Claude Gillingwater

Count de St. Cyr

Judith Vosselli

Mme. Cecile

Albert Gran

General de Villafranche

Max Barwyn

Bellini's Theatrical Manager
(uncredited)

Lionel Belmore

Cafe Manager
(uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino - Orchestra Leader in Cafe
(uncredited)

George Davis

Cafe Waiter
(uncredited)

Eleanor Gutöhrlein

Specialty Dancer
(uncredited)

Karla Gutöhrlein

Specialty Dancer
(uncredited)

Armand Kaliz

M. Bachegalupé
(uncredited)

August Tollaire

Milan Opera Fan
(uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Reception Guest
(uncredited)

Director
- William A. Seiter
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Trivia
Although originally released in 2-strip Technicolor, the film only survives in black and white. The narrower surviving sound on film version is apparently the sole source of today's television prints, resulting in a loss of image on the left hand side which becomes all too apparent in the lop-sided musical numbers and cropped newspaper headline inserts.

Goofs
A poster advertises the opera Carmen by Bellini. Carmen is actually by Bizet.

Quotes
Mme. Cecile: [Finding her employee, Fifi, smooching with Legionnaire Paul] Fifi! So this is the way you waste your time - canoodling!
Paul de St. Cyr: [Paul and Fifi get up, looking guilty] Don't blame Fifi, madame. It's my fault.
Mme. Cecile: Don't tell me what to do, you... you canoodler! Come, Fifi.

Connections
Version of Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)

Soundtracks
Clothes Parade
(1905) (uncredited)
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom
Sung and danced by a chorus at Cecile's Modiste's shop

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4/10

For Operetta and Frank McHugh Fans Only

In this operetta, Walter Pigeon (who wasn't young, even in 1931) and Edward Everett Horton (!!) are two soldiers in love. Walter loves a shop-girl (who sings a lot). Edward loves Walter's arranged fiancée. Walt loses his girl, because papa writes her a check, and she uses it (after appropriate soul searching) to launch her opera career. Edward's in danger of losing her girl because the arranged marriage is going forward. Will true love triumph?

The musical numbers are OK, though sung in an operatic style that some may like, but most moviegoers now hate. The staging is very static. As for plot and acting -- nothing very good or very bad. Because Edward Everett Horton has a role outside of his usual range, he's subdued and seems a bit uncomfortable.

The bright spot here is Frank McHugh as the Brooklyn accented "Francois", who gets a comic number to himself in the opening reels. He shouts more than sings, but it's decent Broadway style singing. He also, in the same number, gets to parade about in drag. This is quite funny, and if you're in the right mood, worth seeing. His role, however, is entirely peripheral to the plot, and his speaking style is wackily out of place.