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Did Blondell's character have herpes?

posted 10 years ago by MidnightThud
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In the drunken booth scene she has a massive discolouration on her lip like she has herpes, which I assume was around then. Blondell's character was a loose girl and I thought this may have been one of the cautions they threw into the film about her lifestyle.

It looked too obvious a blemish for the cameraman, director or makeup artist to have missed and let through.

[–] corriganville 10 years ago

I thought her lipstick was smeared. She had just laid a big smooch on Grant Withers.

[–] george-695-323782 10 years ago

That's what it had to be. They wouldn't bring herpes into it. And they wouldn't make her look intentionally unglamourous.

[–] skylands 9 years ago

Yup, lipstick. Withers had her smeared on his lower lip too. Then, the next second, they were both magically cleaned up.

[–] Pervy_Grin 8 years ago

And after Withers playfully slaps her, the look of disorientation on her face was so adorable. I bet Goldie Hawn was influenced by her.

[–] butaneggbert 8 years ago

The heavy-handed moral messaging was still in its infancy at this point - a handful of rules more winked at than followed. I don't think herpes-as-consequence came into play here.

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[–] huwdj (4562) 7 years ago

I thought her lower lip looked swollen and wondered if someone/something had given her a fat lip but they just had to film anyway. Still cute and funny though.