A Kiss for Corliss
CORLISS COULD DO NO WRONG ...but brother How She Tried!
After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corliss' father had also served as attorney representing Kenneth Marquis' ex-wife during his most recent divorce trial. When Corliss and Dexter don't come home one evening until five in the morning, Corliss decides to pretend to have amnesia to avoid the inevitable punishment awaiting her.
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Shirley Temple
Corliss Archer
David Niven
Kenneth Marquis
Tom Tully
Harry P. Archer
Virginia Welles
Mildred Pringle
Darryl Hickman
Dexter Franklin
Gloria Holden
Mrs. Janet Archer
Robert Ellis
Raymond Pringle
Kathryn Card
Louise
Richard Gaines
Taylor
Roy Roberts
Uncle George
Barbara Billingsley
Miss Hibbs, Harry's Secretary (uncredited)
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