Word: bernstoff
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...Kiss Before the Mirror (Universal) is a thoughtful little drama based on the premise that you should think twice before you give your wife a kiss while she is at her dressing table. Two men try it in this picture. Both fare badly. Dr. Bernstoff (Paul Lukas) suspects from Mrs. Bernstoff's indifference that she is preparing for a rendezvous. When his suspicions are verified, he kills her, then tells the whole story to his old friend and lawyer Dr. Paul Held (Frank Morgan). Dr. Held wastes no time kissing Mrs. Held (Nancy Carroll) under the same circumstances...
Memories of the Bernstoff revelations with their subsequent exposure of a Japanese-Mexican alliance have been awakened by news that Magdelina Bay, in Lower California, has been leased to a Tokio syndicate. In view of the close proximity of this district to the American border, Washington officials fear that the move may mean the establishment of a naval base and perhaps a Japanese colony. Twenty-five years ago the Senate blocked a similar project on the ground that it would be a source of danger to the safety of the United States. Consequently the Foreign Relations Committee is prepared...
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