Okay, this film may not be to everyone's liking since the premise is so outlandish. But it's one I enjoyed a lot, as I'm a fan of farcical screwball comedy. Not everything that happens on screen is supposed to be logical or make a whole lot of sense, but it is supposed to be funny...and I think this film is quite funny. It's especially interesting to watch Jane Wyatt play a refined but daffy southern belle, something she was not ordinarily allowed to play on screen.
Warner Brothers star Dennis Morgan is at his most handsome, sporting a suave looking mustache and appearing shirtless in several scenes. In addition to the comedy hijinks, he gets to sing in a few scenes and make out with both leading ladies. I'm sure he went home after a day's work at the studio with a smile on his face.
The other leading lady is Shirley Ross, who had starred in a series of musical comedies at Paramount in the late 1930s. She's freelancing at this point of her motion picture career, and in fact there would be only two more films for her before early retirement. Miss Ross is not given the chance to sing here, and she doesn't even end up with Mr. Morgan at the end. But she still does well with a thankless role as a woman who loses her husband twice, and isn't exactly happy about it.
Speaking of "happy," Morgan's character is conked on the head shortly after marrying Ross and develops a case of amnesia. He spends the next year of his life under a different alias, and his new name is Happy Homes. With a moniker like that, plenty of irony occurs, since he may be happy/Happy with Wyatt, whom he also marries...but he can't be happy/Happy with Ross.
There are several fine supporting cast members in this picture. Studio contract player Jerome Cowan is on hand as a substitute suitor for Ross, while Lee Patrick plays an unwed gal staying at Ross's home who has quips about all the zany goings-on, in a role probably intended for Eve Arden. We also have Una O'Connor and Barnett Parker as domestic servants, along with Willie Best who appears in whiteface in one scene. And Romaine Callender has an uproarious turn as an uncle who hypnotizes Morgan so that Morgan can regain his true identity.
Warner Brothers previously filmed the story back in 1930 as THE MATRIMONIAL BED, which was its original title as a stage play. Plus the studio remade it in the mid-1930s as a British quickie quota starring Seymour Hicks, who gets a writing credit. That version was known as MR. WHAT'S HIS NAME.
A viewer won't come away from watching KISSES FOR BREAKFAST with any newfound understanding about life or how to solve life's myriad problems. But as worthwhile entertainment that has the ability to elicit laughs and make one forget about his troubles for a while, it's more than up to the task.
Warner Brothers star Dennis Morgan is at his most handsome, sporting a suave looking mustache and appearing shirtless in several scenes. In addition to the comedy hijinks, he gets to sing in a few scenes and make out with both leading ladies. I'm sure he went home after a day's work at the studio with a smile on his face.
The other leading lady is Shirley Ross, who had starred in a series of musical comedies at Paramount in the late 1930s. She's freelancing at this point of her motion picture career, and in fact there would be only two more films for her before early retirement. Miss Ross is not given the chance to sing here, and she doesn't even end up with Mr. Morgan at the end. But she still does well with a thankless role as a woman who loses her husband twice, and isn't exactly happy about it.
Speaking of "happy," Morgan's character is conked on the head shortly after marrying Ross and develops a case of amnesia. He spends the next year of his life under a different alias, and his new name is Happy Homes. With a moniker like that, plenty of irony occurs, since he may be happy/Happy with Wyatt, whom he also marries...but he can't be happy/Happy with Ross.
There are several fine supporting cast members in this picture. Studio contract player Jerome Cowan is on hand as a substitute suitor for Ross, while Lee Patrick plays an unwed gal staying at Ross's home who has quips about all the zany goings-on, in a role probably intended for Eve Arden. We also have Una O'Connor and Barnett Parker as domestic servants, along with Willie Best who appears in whiteface in one scene. And Romaine Callender has an uproarious turn as an uncle who hypnotizes Morgan so that Morgan can regain his true identity.
Warner Brothers previously filmed the story back in 1930 as THE MATRIMONIAL BED, which was its original title as a stage play. Plus the studio remade it in the mid-1930s as a British quickie quota starring Seymour Hicks, who gets a writing credit. That version was known as MR. WHAT'S HIS NAME.
A viewer won't come away from watching KISSES FOR BREAKFAST with any newfound understanding about life or how to solve life's myriad problems. But as worthwhile entertainment that has the ability to elicit laughs and make one forget about his troubles for a while, it's more than up to the task.